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FEBRUARY 16–28, 2007 ISSUE 72

In Loco Parentis Bill Is Revived Vetoed last year, bill is essentially the same and on a fast track

Former Utah Jazz Player Comes Out

Outsports founders break story

QUAC Holds Second Ski & Swim School Club Bill Heads to Senate New Columnist Apathetic About the ... gasp! ... Oscars Williams Thinks Tilton Protesteth Too Much Crossword and Sudoku Comics The Gay Agenda

Utah’s AIDS Doctor Retires

After 30 years of fighting infectious diseases, Dr. Kristen Ries moves from seeing patients to teaching patience

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World

Italy Grants Legal Rights To Unmarried Same-Sex, Heterosexual Couples

By Anthony Cuesta

Rome — The Italian government announced on Feb. 8 the approval of legislation granting unmarried same-sex and heterosexual couples legal rights extended to married couples.

Equal Opportunity Minister Barbara Pollastrini said that if Parliament passes the legislation, unmarried couples who live together can immediately begin to enjoy some legal protections, such as the same hospital visitation rights as spouses and relatives.

However, Pollastrini said couples would have to live together for at least nine years before they would be entitled to property rights.

“This doesn’t intend to create a new legal status,” said Family Policy Minister Rosy Bindi to the AP. Instead, Bindi said the proposed legislation would grant rights “without creating minor-league marriages.”

The decision came despite alarm among Christian Democrats in the center-left government and harsh criticism from the Catholic Church.

The cabinet vote was boycotted by Justice Minister Clemente Mastella, a devout Catholic. He said he opposed the bill because “it seeks solutions and guarantees which imitate marriage,” reports the BBC. Pope Benedict XVI has been leading a campaign against legal recognition among unmarried couples and has denounced any efforts aimed at allowing gays to marry.

The issue of legal recognition for unmarried couples has divided Premier Romano Prodi’s center-left government,

whose smaller partners include Christian Democrats and Communists.

Passage of the law would be a grave attack “on the sensibilities of millions of Italians,” Renato Schifani, a leader from Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, told news agency ANSA.

Russian Government Supports Freedom of Assembly for Gays Moscow — In a remarkable statement on the banning of Moscow Gay Pride last year, the Russian government has strongly supported the right of sexual minorities to freedom of assembly.

The statement was made Feb. 9 by the Russian Federation in its role as Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, a position it held from August 2006 to January 2007.

While acknowledging that the Moscow gay pride demonstration was banned, and that a case is pending before the courts, it underlined that: People belonging to sexual minorities enjoy the same right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly as any other individual; not only can peaceful demonstrations in favor of sexual minority rights simply not be banned, but the police has a duty to protect such manifestations when they take place; a general ban of a peaceful demonstration can only be justified if there is a real danger of disorder which cannot be prevented by reasonable and appropriate measures.

“The strength of the statement, coming with the agreement of the 46-member states, is important for many countries,

particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, where LGBT freedom of assembly has been challenged on many occasions,” commented Patricia Prendiville, executive director of the International Lesbian and Gay Association-Europe, speaking from Brussels.

Maxim Anmeghichean, ILGA programs director, pointed out that, because of their chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, the Russian government had little alternative but to make a positive statement, even if that meant effectively condemning the actions of the Mayor of Moscow.

“What really matters is whether they take concrete actions, ensuring freedom of assembly, responding to acts of violence, and promoting awareness of the rights of the LGBT community,” he said.

Lesbian Couple Thrown Out of New Zealand Bar for Kissing Sydney, Aust.— A New Zealand lesbian couple were thrown out of a bar because they were kissing. The incident occurred on Feb. 3 when a bouncer at the Grumpy Mole Saloon told the women they would have to stop kissing or they would have to leave. Lydia Boyd, 18, one half of the couple, told the Christchurch Press of New Zealand she felt the bouncer was only targeting them because they are women.

“It was completely discriminatory. There [are] straight couples doing it all the time. They’re practically having sex on the dance floor,” Boyd told the publication. “It’s not like we were rolling drugs.

We were just having a bit of a kiss and dancing,” she added.

Steph Hansen, also 18 and the other half of the couple, said she was surprised by the incident. “I think it’s really wrong.

We were shocked because no one is like that anymore,” she told the paper.

The women are considering filing a complaint against the manager of Grumpy Mole. A manager who only gave her name as Kim promised to investigate the matter further.

Akira Le Fevre, who works with the group Q-topia, said queer people need to feel comfortable showing love in public locations as long as it’s tasteful. “We don’t want to see a lot of flesh and groping, but I don’t see how [this] could have hurt anyone,” she said. “They would have been quite brave to show their affection like that in a public bar and for them to be asked to leave is disgusting.”

This is not the first time two queer women have been discriminated against in New Zealand’s recent history. In 2006, Richelle Fitzgibbon and Kelly Holdway received a warning from security guards after they kissed at a cricket event.

Colombia Same-Sex Couples Win Right To Share Property

By Troy Espera

Bogotá , Colombia — The Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that same-sex couples should have the same property rights as heterosexuals in common-law marriages, marking the first recognition of gay couples’ rights in this South American nation.

Church leaders in Colombia said they had no objection to the ruling, which came late Wednesday, Feb. 6, as long as it does not open the door for same-sex marriage or adoption.

“This is a very important step, because it’s the first time that any state entity is recognizing rights for same-sex couples here,” Virgilio Barco Isakson, president of the board of gay-rights group Colombia Diversa, said.

The court ruled that if a gay couple of two years separate, the assets accumulated during the relationship will be divided between the two, and in the case of death, the survivor will receive all the assets.

Previously if one died, his or her possessions passed on to the surviving family.

As in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage was approved by the state’s high court rather than by the legislature, the Colombian court ruling follows four failed attempts in congress since 1999 to promote legislation guaranteeing economic and legal benefits to gay partners.

While celebrating the ruling, gay activists said they would continue fighting for parity with heterosexual couples.

“Laws are not enough, an important cultural shift is needed... for discrimination to end,” said Colombia Diversa’s Marcela Sanchez.

The ruling was condemned by some lay Catholic groups, which described it as “going against the family and matrimony.”

Nicaraguan Runaway Denied Asylum — Not “Gay Enough”

By Anthony Cuesta

Toronto, Ont. — Toronto’s gay community and the Toronto Youth Cabinet are defending a gay runaway from Nicaragua who faces deportation on Feb. 20 after losing his asylum claim because “he did not have any same-sex relationships.”

According to reports published in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Alvaro Antonio Orozco, now 21, will be deported unless Immigration Minister Diane Finley grants his request that he be allowed to stay in Canada on humanitarian grounds.

Orozco said that his father used to beat him and call him derogatory, anti-gay names. He told the newspaper he felt and behaved differently from other boys from a young age, pursuing artistic endeavors and preferring to play indoors. He also said that now he often hangs out in Toronto’s gay clubs and that he wants to be a nurse.

After a year hitchhiking through Central America, living off the kindness of strangers, Orozco arrived in Texas. He was detained in a group home but left it for Toronto in January 2005, after learning Canada respects gay rights.

“Gay people in Latin America have to act straight to hide their [sexual] identity because people there are Catholic and are very conservative. I was afraid,” he told the Toronto Star. “The [refugee] judge just didn’t think I was gay enough and I didn’t qualify to be gay.”

Ajudicator Deborah Lamont, who conducted the Oct. 6, 2005 hearing from Calgary via video conference, took issue with his lack of same-sex relationships during his six years in the U.S. “I determined on a balance of probabilities the claimant did not pursue samesex relationships in whatever capacity ... because he is not a homosexual,” she wrote in her decision.

Lawyer El-Farouk Khaki said his client had to hide his orientation from the conservative church people who helped him.

Khaki said that the board’s decision “shows a lack of understanding of issues facing queer kids from homophobic cultures and what they have to deal with in terms of gender stereotypes.”

“Did [Lamont] expect all gay teens to be sexually active at 14, 15, 16 years old?

That’s horrid,” said Khaki, who filed a motion in federal court on Feb. 11 to stay the removal. “In my view, the refugee board has failed to recognize that my client is a victim of violence, a victim of abuse. He’s simply vulnerable, whether he’s gay or straight.

National Snickers Yanks Gay Kiss Ad

By Troy Espera

Defense of Marriage Act limits marriage to a union of one man and one woman.

The measure would require couples to prove they can have children to get a marriage license and would dissolve the union of those who remain childless.

All other marriages would be defined as “unrecognized,” making those couples ineligible for marriage benefits.

The Defense of Marriage Alliance’s Gregory Gadow told the Seattle Times that his alliance — whose name itself is part of the parody, forming the acronym

Los Angeles — Snickers candy bar makers caved in to pressure from outraged gay advocates Feb. 5 by pulling its Super Bowl ad from TV and its Web site, but did not issue an apology.

The 30-second commercial featured two mechanics inadvertently kissing over a Snickers bar.

Panicked to “do something manly,” they each rip chunks of hair from their chests.

Gay advocacy groups fired off complaints to Snickers-maker Masterfoods USA — a division of Mars — saying the ad promoted anti-gay prejudice and condoned violence against gays.

“We know that humor is highly subjective and understand that some peo- A still from the Snickers commercial that showed during the Super Bowl ple may have found the ad offensive. Clearly that was not our intent,” DOMA — is a loosely organized group of 15 or so friends. While they will work to Masterfoods said in a media statement. get Initiative 957 on the ballot and passed “As with all of our Snickers advertising, in November, Gadow said he doesn’t our goal was to capture the attention of really want to see it enacted and would our core Snickers consumer.” expect the Supreme Court ultimately to The ad was to be the center of a larger, multi-media campaign for Snickers. The strike it down as unconstitutional. ad directed viewers to a special web site The paperwork for the measure was where visitors could vote for alternate submitted last month. Supporters must ending to the hair-pulling — including gather at least 224,800 signatures by July the two men drinking motor oil, fighting 6 to put it on the November ballot. with wrenches or the being joined by a third mechanic who asks: “Is there room for three on this love boat?”

The Matthew Shepard Foundation and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against DefaAlbuquerque, N.M. — The American mation were among the groups to demand- Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit ing an apology to the gay community.

Feb. 5 against the state of New Mexico “Mars needs to apologize for the deplor- for three lesbian couples who have been able actions of its Snickers brand,” said denied retirement health insurance.

GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano.

Ellen Novak, one-half of one of the Cyd Zeigler, co-founder of Outsports. couples, had to retire in 2004, due to a com, a web site for gay sports enthusilung ailment. Her partner received retireasts, said that Masterfoods would be wise ment health insurance while Novak was to apologize. working, but when Novak retired she “They’re a business,” he said. “And no was denied the insurance, because retircompany in a free market is in the busiees do not get domestic partner benefits. ness of alienating consumers — intenIf Novak was part of a straight couple, tional or not.” her partner would still have the benefits.

Still, Masterfoods’ statement mentions “After serving the state for 25 years, nothing of an apology.

I hoped to retire with the same peace of “We always look at lessons learned,” mind as my straight colleagues,” said Nothe statement added. “We’ll be doing that vak. “But retirement has meant that my with this.” partner has had to switch to costly private health insurance with inferior coverage at the point in our lives when we are most likely to face health problems.

I worked just as hard as my colleagues,

By Anthony Cuesta so it doesn’t seem fair that my family has Portland, Ore. — Same-sex marriage been saddled with this burden.” advocates in Washington are pushing Besides Novak and her partner Linda a state ballot measure that would limit McCreary, the additional couples in the marriage only to couples who prove they lawsuit are Havens Levitt and Rebecca can bear children within three years.

Dakota, and Mary Meyer and Hope Proponents say the proposal was aimed Miner. Each of these couples has been at “social conservatives who have long together for over a decade. screamed that marriage exists for the A new bill may change the rules govsole purpose of procreation.” erning domestic partner benefits. A hearThe Washington Defense of Marriage ing on this legislation was held on Feb. 7.

Alliance acknowledged on its Web site “The state legislature has the opporthat the initiative was “absurd” but hoped tunity to spare taxpayers the needless the idea prompts “discussion about the expense of defending this lawsuit by passmany misguided assumptions” underlying this bill,” Peter Simonson, executive ing a state Supreme Court ruling that director of New Mexico’s ACLU, said. upheld a ban on same-sex marriage. The

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Washington: Ballot Measure Says, ‘No Children, No Marriage’

ACLU Sues New Mexico Over Domestic Partner Benefits

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National

NY Congressman Asks State Dept. to Hire Gay Military Linguists Washington, D.C. — Congressman Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., urged Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice Feb. 8 to consider hiring military linguists discharged under the federal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service members.

During hearings on the 2008 State Department budget, Ackerman pressed Secretary Rice to address the government’s foreign language deficit by employing discharged lesbian and gay linguists with training in Arabic and Farsi. Secretary Rice responded that she “certainly will look at what we are doing right now,”

when asked by Ackerman if the proposal was realistic. “[I]t seems that the military has gone around and fired a whole bunch of people who speak foreign languages - Farsi and Arabic, etc.,” Ackerman said.

“For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are [of] terrorists, but they’re very brave with the terrorists,” he continued. “If the terrorists ever got hold of this information, they’d get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad.”

“Considering the critical shortage of

linguists in the armed forces, a platoon of Arabic-speaking lesbians may be just what the military needs,” said Sharon Alexander, deputy director of policy for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

“In fact, faced with the shortage of language experts, the military would do well to consider Congressman Ackerman’s point. We cannot afford to lose critical personnel because of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ There are many brave gay men and lesbians who report for duty every day, and their contributions are immeasurably important to our national security.”

According to the Government Accountability Office, the Pentagon has dismissed more than 300 language experts under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” including more than 55 who were fluent in Arabic.

“Secretary Rice would have no trouble finding gay linguists,” said Alexander.

“In fact, our government could go a long way in addressing the shortage of language expertise by doing just as Congressman Ackerman suggests. SLDN would be happy to introduce Secretary Rice to our many clients who speak Arabic but have been dismissed because of the ban.”

San Francisco: Newsom Marks Three-Year Anniversary Of Bold Same-Sex Marriage Move

By Anthony Cuesta

San Francisco — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on Monday, along with three same-sex couples, marked the three-year anniversary of a celebrated move to issue marriage licenses to same couples.

Despite an October 11 state appeals court ruling that same-sex couples do not have the right to marry, the mayor and the couples gathered at a City Hall press conference to remember the heated controversy on Feb. 12, 2004.

According to the mayor’s office, 11 couples are taking part in a lawsuit that will be heard by the California Supreme Court this spring.

John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney were married Feb. 12, 2004 in San Francisco and plan to celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, reports BCN. Lewis held up their now-void marriage certificate and said, “We want to get that joy, to get that dignity back.”

Kate Kendell, the executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, told the San Francisco Examiner that when she received a call from Newsom’s office saying he wanted to enlist the group’s help in giving out marriage licenses, that it launched “a transformative and powerful series of events.”

Newsom said at the conference that he hopes that the California Supreme Court will strictly interpret the state’s constitution to reach its decision regarding same-sex marriage. He says that President George W. Bush served as an indirect source of inspiration for his decision three years ago to issue marriage licenses.

“There’s a reason Bush wanted to change the Constitution, he was worried the Constitution was too fair,” Newsom said, reports BCN. According to the Examiner, Newsom said he has never regretted the controversial action, which some people say caused a backlash that resulted in gay marriage bans across the country. Newsom pointed out that in that same time frame, civil unions and domestic partnerships — which offer gay couples some of the rights provided within marriage — are gaining mainstream acceptance.

“I don’t think there’s ever a wrong time to do the right thing,” Newsom said reports the Examiner.

Nationwide, 26 states have legal bans against gay marriage. On Monday, conservative groups in New Jersey launched a petition drive to amend that state’s constitution to limit marriage to heterosexual couples.

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Regional Same-Sex Marriage Controversy Brews in Colorado Library Grand Junction, Colo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Colorado library is the site of controversy over same-sex marriage. The Mesa County Library installed a photography exhibit entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Makes A Familyâ&#x20AC;? in August 2006. The art project was for gay marriage. But this month, an organization called Christians for Healthy Families has objected, and has responded by putting what the Daily Sentinel calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;a strongly worded new displayâ&#x20AC;? on a public exhibit wall in the library where anyone is free to create a display for a month.

Carol Anderson, the woman who created the display, said that she had the idea for it in August. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had a prohomosexual display at the library, which I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel was appropriate because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Christian. Thank goodness free speech goes both ways.â&#x20AC;?

Anderson said she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;disgustedâ&#x20AC;? by the Love Makes A Family exhibit: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember one [photograph] said that this child was saying they were lucky to have two mommies, but obviously it takes one male and one female to create a child.â&#x20AC;?

Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit contains blue and pink paint that stand for a man and a woman. When they are put together in a bowl, they become purple, meaning that the man and woman are a cohesive whole once married.

However, when two paints of the same

Q uotes Former Utah Jazz player John Amaechi came out last week, and it seems everyone had something to say about it.

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From a marketing perspective, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a player who happens to be gay and you want to be incredibly rich, then you should come out, because it would be the best thing that ever happened to you from a marketing and an endorsement perspective. You would be an absolute hero to more Americans than you can ever possibly be as an athlete.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Dallas Mavericks owner Cuban Fort Worth Star Telegram

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With teammates you have to be trustworthy and if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gay and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not admitting that you are, then you are not trustworthy. So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like the No. 1 thing as teammates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we all trust each other. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard of the in-room, locker-room code. What happens in the locker-room stays in there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a trust factor, honestly. A big trust factor.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James Associated Press

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The fact that John has done this, maybe it will give others the comfort or confidence to come out as well, whether they are playing or retiring.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Orlando Magic player Grant Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x201A; espn

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what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting out there. â&#x20AC;Ś To me, it is fueling ideological conflict rather than creating a conversation.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see that the creator gave us all the colors of the spectrum. A rainbow of diversity makes the world beautiful,â&#x20AC;?

Shari Daly-Miller, the president of the gay rights group which helped sponsored the exhibit and an artist herself, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender families already exist. You may not care for a particular color, so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put it in your painting. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going away.â&#x20AC;?

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We have a very diverse league.

The question at the NBA is always: Have you got game?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it, end of inquiry.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;NBA Commissioner David Sternâ&#x20AC;&#x201A; Time Magazine

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As long as you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring your gayness on me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m fine. As far as business-wise, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure I could play with him. But I think it would create a little awkwardness in the locker room.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Philadelphia Sixers forward Shavlik Randolphâ&#x20AC;&#x201A; ESPN

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a difficult thing to do, knowing the nature of sports and being in that locker room, it could be tough. I think it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a lot of guys, but there would always be one or two on a team (who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t approve).â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell

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Oh yeah, it would have probably mattered. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know exactly, but I always have peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feelings at heart.

People do what they want to do. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a problem with that.â&#x20AC;?

color are mixed, nothing occurs. Therefore, they must mix together outside of the bowl and that makes, as the display puts it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a big mess.â&#x20AC;?

The display also contains the message: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you want Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protection? Call on God today. Your eternity depends on it.â&#x20AC;?

A sponsor of the Love Makes A Family display, Jeff Basinger, said this new display is â&#x20AC;&#x153;offensive.â&#x20AC;? However, he said he also realizes â&#x20AC;&#x153;that they deeply believe in

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Kanab Transman Joins Equality Ride, BYU Protest

by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

Kourt Osborn has just returned from talking to a friend’s university class about transgender issues, namely how he resocialized himself after transitioning.

“There were a lot of things about me that were innately masculine, but a lot of things I’d been socialized to do that were feminine,” he explains. “I noticed all the different things men and women do.” Although this is the Kourt Osborne first time Osborn has spoken about his life in an academic setting, he says that such talks are part of his work advocating for transgender rights.

“In the queer community, transgender and genderqueer people are often left out or marginalized,” he says. “There exists a lot of transphobia in the community, so I want to raise awareness that we’re part of this, too.”

In just a few weeks, Osborn, 21, will be taking that message on the road as one of four Utahns participating in the Equality Ride, gay rights organization Soulforce’s two bus, 50 day tour of 32 colleges and universities with anti-gay policies. He and the other Utah riders will travel on the West Bus, visiting schools from Indiana to Washington. They will stop at Brigham Young University on March 21-22. A second bus will tour the country’s eastern half.

A native of Kanab, the town that made headlines in January 2006 for passing an infamous resolution on the natural family, Osborn says he loves his state but found life in his small town difficult, particularly as he started transitioning as a philosophy and religious studies student at Southern Utah University.

“It was inhospitable in a really passiveagressive way,” he said. “It was pretty much my business was everybody’s business.”

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Finding that the university experince wasn’t for him, Osborn left school and moved to Pennsylvania to live with friends who attended Eastern University, an American Baptist school that was the second to last stop on the 2006 Equality Ride. At the protest, Osborn’s friends introduced him to rider Angel Collie, another transman. The conversation with Collier, says Osborn, was life-changing.

“After talking with him, I understood more about why the trans community wasn’t involved [in things like the Equality Ride] and my responsibility to be out and advocate for my rights,” he says.

That night, he also met Equality Ride director Haven Herrin and founder Jacob Reitan who encouraged him to apply for this year’s trip. Having protested the military’s “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy in Philadelphia earlier that year, Osborn was no stranger to activism. He agreed that he would put in an application.

“It was probably the most defining moment in my life, but it sounds so simple,” he remembers.

Another defining moment for Osborn came while attending training for the 2007 ride in Austin, Texas. Here he met his girlfriend Amanda Harris. After a somewhat rocky introduction (“She thought I hated her when we first met,” he laughs) the two soon became inseparable. One week after training ended, Osborn moved to Arkansas to be with her.

“I needed to be with the person I love,” he explains. Sadly, Harris wasn’t able to transfer to Osborn’s bus and will be riding on the other bus.

Although the 2007 Equality Ride will end at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota on April 26, Osborn says that his activism will not end with it. Participating in this year’s ride has shown him that he wants to devote his life to helping others.

“Awhile ago I had a revelation that capitalism and financial gain don’t really matter to me. The only thing that matters is helping others,” he says.

But ultimately, Osborn says he’s participating in the ride because he loves his country and wants to make it a more just place.

“I’d consider myself patriotic, though a lot of anti-gay people would probably not consider me as such,” he says.

“I feel like I’m representing a whole lot of different areas on this ride,” he continues. “I have a lot of feelings for Pennsylvania, Utah, Arkansas and Massachusetts where I’ve also lived. This country isn’t as separate as we think.

People are always like, oh the East Coast is all liberal, and the West Coast is this, but everybody is really the same. Though we have a lot of diversity in America, that diversity exists in sameness.” Q To sponsor Kourt Osborn visit soulforce. org/kourt_osborn.

Vetoed ‘In Loco Parentis’ Bill Is Reincarnated

A new bill of the same name as last year’s “Parent And Child Amendments” that was vetoed by Gov. Jon Huntsman is back as Senate Bill 248, sponsored by Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo. Bramble, the Senate Majority Whip, released the bill’s text on Friday, Feb. 9 and it sailed through its first committee hearing the following Monday.

Last year’s bill was sponsored by anti-gay Rep. LaVar ChrisSen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo tensen, R-Draper.

Christensen gave up his Utah House seat to run against U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, losing 2-1. The bill sailed through the House, but narrowly passed the Senate after concerns were raised about the rights of grandparents.

The bill is an attempt to codify the legal term in loco parentis, which courts use to determine who “stands in the place of a parent.” By codifying this term, proponents hope to prevent gay men and lesbian women from parenting children. In order to accomplish this goal, proponents are willing to sacrifice stepparents and grandparents as collateral damage.

The legislation stemmed from a case that made international headlines in 2004 when a judge awarded visitation rights to the former lesbian partner of the child’s birth mother who claims to have turned straight after “getting religion.”

The case, Jones v Barlow, is still pending before the Utah Supreme Court.

“What the bill does is ties the hands of the courts, even if it is not in the best interest of the child.” said Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which is representing Keri Jones in the case.

This year’s bill includes a line saying it “does not effect [sic] any established rights of a step parent or grandparent.” According to a statement released by Equality Utah, “under state law, grandparents are only allowed to petition courts for visitation and stepparents have no statutory rights to the children they raise.”

The Equality Utah statement delineated several points as to why it is against the proposed legislation: “1) It changes in loco parentis from a permanent to a temporary status. This is extremely important. The Provo Daily Herald last year raised the following hypothetical “worst case” scenario. ‘Upon a parent’s death, an ex-spouse who was an absentee parent would have more legal

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right to his child than a good stepparent or partner who enjoys a two-way bond with the child.’ With this bill, the absentee parent can argue that the ‘temporary’ status has now ended and that he has exclusive rights to the child.

“2) It raises the standard of proof to assert in loco parentis rights from ‘a preponderance of the evidence’ to ‘clear and convincing evidence.’

“3) It raises the required showing from ‘the best interests of the child’ to ‘harm’ to the child.

“4) It introduces the new wild card of relationships that ‘violate public policy.’

‘Public policy’ is extremely vague and ill-defined. The Sutherland Institute has argued that gay and lesbian relationships violate public policy and therefore gay and lesbian parents do not deserve in loco parentis rights. This bill clearly strengthens that argument. It could similarly be argued that any third-party relationship with a child violates public policy, and therefore grandparents and stepparents don’t have any rights either.”

“Why would we want risk a law that could take a child away from the only mother or father they have ever known?” the statement continues. “The current common law is clear and well understood. The only ‘problem’ with it, in the eyes of proponents, is that it was found to apply to a lesbian couple just as it would apply to anyone else. To ‘fix’ that problem this legislation deliberately creates ambiguity that will take the courts years to straighten out.”

Last year’s bill even raised the eyebrows of LDS Church-owned Deseret News, which slammed lawmakers for creating “a onesize-fits-all solution to what often are complex and challenging familial situations” and called upon the governor to veto it.

“In many cases, the bonds between the child and a nonbiological parent can be just as strong and just as tragic if destroyed,” Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake City, testified in last year’s session.

In his veto of last year’s bill, Huntsman wrote, “The biological parent’s right to exercise that authority unilaterally — casting aside bonds that have been created over the course of many years without so much as a hearing to determine what might be in the best interests of the child — would trump all other considerations unless the biological parent had previously ‘been adjudicated as an unfit parent,’ Huntsman wrote in his veto.”

“Giving such parents an absolute right to terminate a child’s relationship with a step parent standing in loco parentis would be a mistake. I must therefore veto this bill,” he wrote. Q

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Domestic Violence & Dating Violence Amend. (Rep. Litvack, D.) School Safety Amendments (Rep. Moss, C.) Public Demonstrations at Funerals (Rep. Bigelow, R.) (Rep. Tilton, A.) Student Clubs Amendments Utah Suicide Prevention Act (Rep. Harper, W.) Foster Placement and Adoption Amend.

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Former Utah Jazz John Amaechi Comes Out Publicly

By Cyd Zeigler jr. and Jim Buzinski Outsports.com

John Amaechi, a former player with the Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic, has become the first NBA player to come out as gay.

“I am not a hero nor am I special in any regard,” Amaechi told ESPN in his first television interview. “I am simply doing what a good person of conscience would do, which is making people aware that gay people don’t just look like Jack from Will and Grace, and that they don’t want to jump your bones every occasion and that some are camp and some are butch and that we’re different and we’re useful and we are here.”

Amaechi’s book, Man In The Middle, published by ESPN Books, in which he chronicles his NBA career and directly addresses the travails of being a closeted professional athlete, was released Feb. 14.

Amaechi’s sexuality has been rumored for years. In an April 2001 column for Outsports, NBA columnist Randy Boyd named Amaechi, then playing with the Orlando Magic, as No. 16 among those in the NBA most likely to be gay.

“Could be that the Nigerian-Brit just operates on a different planet?” Boyd asked in his column. “But then again, that explanation for his atypical behavior wouldn’t be any fun now would it?”

That atypical behavior included a penchant for designing gardens, listening to opera before games and writing poetry.

In Amaechi’s first contact with Outsports in December, he asked with his playful sense of humor, “Why wasn’t I higher than 16th?”

Outsports has been tracking this story for the last year, as quiet rumblings in private conversations started to surface, and had agreed to embargo a story until just prior to his first TV appearance.

However, speculation that Amaechi was coming out has become heavy in the past few days, with his publicist, Howard Bragman, dropping hints at a Super Bowl week party in Miami about an NBA player coming out.

Amaechi contacted Outsports’ Cyd Zeigler in December and Outsports introduced Amaechi to Bragman. The publicist had previously handled the coming out of NFL player Esera Tuaolo, golfer Rosie Jones and WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes.

Outsports acquired a copy of Amaechi’s book in early February. It is clearly the work of a thoughtful, intelligent man who has focused even more on developing his character and spirit as he has on his jump shot and rebounding.

The book traces his life from early childhood until he was bought out of his contract with the New York Knicks in early 2004. Along the way it paints the picture of a lonely man who only found community when he gathered the strength to start coming out to friends and family.

Amaechi was raised mostly in England by a single mother. He did not discover basketball until he was well into his teens. He spent one year playing high school basketball in the United States before heading to Vanderbilt, where he played only one season before transferring to Penn State.

Amaechi was a standout on the Penn State basketball team from 1992 to 1995, where he was twice named First Team Academic All-American. He was not drafted, but he became the first undrafted player in league history to start in his first game as a rookie, with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

He followed his time as a Cavalier with three years playing in Europe, where he dated and had a regular boyfriend for a time in England. He returned to the NBA in 1999 and was celibate until he went to the Utah Jazz. His guaranteed contract with the Jazz set his mind at ease, and it was here that he began venturing out to gay establishments and building a mostly gay circle of friends (the first wide circle of friends of his life, according to the book).

“Those grumpy social conservatives who continue to insist that gay life is lonely and unhappy have obviously never met my friends,” Amaechi wrote.

He writes of his first sexual experience in the United States, and how the Utah Jazz and Salt Lake City, with its strong Mormon influence, was an odd backdrop for what felt was his coming out party. He also acknowledges that those in gay clubs like New York’s Splash and Los Angeles’ Abbey who have claimed in the past to have spotted him there while he was with the Jazz may, in fact, have done so.

“By the end of my second Utah season, I was practically daring reporters to take the bait and out me,” he wrote. “But it never happened. My sexuality, I felt, had become an open secret, which was fine by me. I’d left enough open to interpretation that suspicions were gaining momentum.”

In a 2002 interview with the Scotsman newspaper, Amaechi had this to say about the subject of gays in the NBA: “If you look at our league, minorities aren’t very well represented. There’s hardly any Hispanic players, no Asian-Americans, so that there’s no openly gay players is no real surprise. It would be like an alien dropping down from space. There’d be fear, then panic: they just wouldn’t know how to handle it.”

The book also offers insight into the closed world of professional sports, including Amaechi’s spirited and friendly political arguments with Karl Malone, what he called the betrayal of Orlando Magic management, kind words from

former Indiana coach Bobby Knight, his regret that he never told Greg Ostertag, “the gentle big man” whom he respected, that he was gay when Ostertag asked him while they played together in Utah, his respect for then-Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy, and his lack of respect for Jazz coach Jerry Sloan.

“Unbeknownst to me at the time,” Amaechi wrote, “Sloan had used some anti-gay innuendo to describe me. It was confirmed via e-mails from friends who worked in high-level front-office jobs with the Jazz.”

In reaction to Amaechi’s comment, Sloan released this statement: “John is one of 117 players I have coached in the past 19 seasons, and it has always been my philosophy that my job is to make sure Jazz players perform to the maximum of their abilities on the floor. As far as his personal life is concerned, I wish John the best and have no further comment.”

On the court, Amaechi played in 301 games over five seasons, ending in 2003 with the Utah Jazz. His best seasons were in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 when he started 89 games for the Orlando Magic. His career high for points came in a 2000 game against Denver, when he scored 31.

While the book gives a glimpse into the life of the first openly gay former NBA player, it more importantly paints a picture of a man whose dedication to philanthropy once led him to turn down a $17 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. It was for his philanthropic work and motivational-speaking endeavors that he was a 2006 recipient of the Penn State Alumni Achievement Award.

Amaechi, listed on the website 100 Great Black Britons, now runs the ABC Foundation, designed “to get kids playing sports,” according to his website.

“The ABC Foundation aims to increase participation in physical activity and holistic support services by building affordable, quality facilities and making expert coaches, respected mentors and educators available to all young people.”

The foundation’s first sports center was built in Manchester, England, close to his childhood home of Stockport.

Amaechi embraces his position as role model for kids with as much vigor as so many professional athletes try to distance themselves from it.

“It would be nice to one day see one of

these kids play in the NBA,” Amaechi wrote. “But that’s not what gets me up in the morning. It’s a chance to change the culture, at least for a few kids.”

Amaechi also owns Animus Consulting. The company, according to its Web site, offers a “range of programs … tailored to inspire, motivate, challenge and entertain in the pursuit of individual and group development — in a way that directly impacts the bottom line.”

Said Boyd of Amaechi’s coming out: “Hopefully it will be an inspiration to people who are hetero-identified to be more tolerant and to not assume that all 10 players on a given court have sex the same way they have sex.” Q Outsports.com was founded by Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler, Jr. They live in Los Angeles and met playing flag football. They’ve been shooting hoops, catching passes, cheering on the Chiefs, Pats, Nittany Lions, and Cardinal for years — before they knew they were gay, and ever since.

Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps to Meet and Spin The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps of Salt Lake City will hold a Kick Off Meet & Greet Thursday, Feb. 22.

Part of what the group will be discussing is the upcoming 2008 Sydney Australia Gay Mardi Gras ROTC-USA Trip. Those who march this year will be entitled to join the group in Sydney in 2008.

ROTC-SLC will train those interested in spinning a flag, so no prior experience is required. Those wanting to spin rifles, however, will need a background in rifle performance. Experience in theatre, dance, drum corps, winter guard, or marching band is considered a bonus. All members must be 18 or over.

The ROTC-SLC debuted in the 2006 Utah Pride Parade and performed in other events like the National Coming Out Day Breakfast, the Downtown Salt Lake Farmers Market, the National Gay Basketball Association finals halftime show. They also joined forces with ROTC-USA in the St. Petersburg, Fla. Santa Parade.

Those interested are asked to email rotcslc@yahoo.com.

The meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 22 at 6:30pm in the Salt Lake City Downtown Library, conference room B.

Anti-GSA Bill Passes Senate Committee Hundreds Will Don Speedos and Ski

by Joselle vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

Local Briefs Utah Pride Casting Call The Utah Pride Festival has opened its annual call for volunteers, performers, exhibitors and food vendors.

This year, the festival has expanded from one day to three and into three performance spaces. These are the Festival “Main Event” Stage for significantly experienced or professional talent, the “Pride Community Stage” for experienced amateur talent and the “Coffee Grounds” open-mike stage (Saturday and Sunday only). The Festival committee invites performers, bands, dancers and other artists to submit promo packages for consideration. To be considered, send a description of the performance or act, the time and day desired, current photos and press releases, a demo CD or DVD and a 100 word or less written statement from performers explaining why they hope to perform at Pride 2007.

Promo packets should be mailed to Utah Pride 2007 c/o The Utah Pride Center 355 North 300 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 Packets will be accepted until March 25. No telephone calls or emails will be accepted.

Along with performers, the Utah Pride Festival is also looking for food vendors and exhibitors. For more information, interested merchants should visit utahpride.org. The website also contains information for parties interested in volunteering for the event.

Suits at QUAC Ski & Swim Weekend Queer Utah Aquatic Club’s annual Ski & Swim Weekend is being held this Presidents Day Weekend, Feb. 16–18.

Spectators are welcome at most events at no charge.

The event is an International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics-sanctioned swim meet with a party atmosphere including music, comedy, and synchronized swimming exhibition. The event should draw visitors from across the country and possibly some international guests as well.

The weekend begins with two socials — a general opening social at Trofi Restaurant in the host Hilton Hotel, and a women’s social at Red Rock Brewing.

The swim meet happens Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m., kicked off with the national anthem sung by the Salt Lake Men’s Choir, at the Fairmont Aquatic Center. The meet will finish up with an “undress relay” where successive swimmers shed one article of clothing per lap.

There is a question in this reporter’s mind that if the swimmers are already swimming in just a Speedo...

The event then heads out to the chilly weather (hopefully in more than just a Speedo) with ice skating at the Gallivan Center Ice Rink in downtown Salt Lake City. QUAC members will also take their synchronized swimming out onto the ice for what they are calling the QUACCAPADES at the rink. Based on the HBO series “Big Love,” the “capades” will tell a story on ice of a man thrown out of his polygamous clan, starts a sweater shop and all of the polygamists clamor to buy his fabulous clothes.

“Since there are a lot of people coming from out of town, we wanted to poke fun at the darker side of Utah,” said organizer Jared VanderMeyden.

Saturday night, participants will dine at QUAC members’ houses.

Sunday takes many participants to the slopes of The Canyons to ski and snowboard. A water polo match will be held at the Murray Park Aquatic Center, followed by snowshoeing up Big Cottonwood Canyon.

The event will come to a close Sunday evening with a closing social at Kristauf’s Martini Bar. Q

QUAC SKI & SWIM EVENTS: Friday Feb 16 7PM Women’s Mixer Red Rock Brewing, 254 S 200 West 8PM Opening Social Trofi Restaurant, Hilton Hotel 255 S West Temple Saturday Feb 17 9:30AM Swimmer Check-in 10:30AM Swim Meet Fairmont Aquatic Center 1044 Sugarmont Dr 4PM Ice Skating & “QUACAPADES ON ICE!” Gallivan Center Ice Rink, 50 E 200 South 7PM Dinners hosted at members’ homes Sunday, Feb 18 9:30AM Skiing, Snowboarding and Cross-country The Canyons Resort 4000 Canyons Resort Rd, Park City Meet at the Gondola 11AM Water Polo Murray Park Aquatic Center 202 E Murray Park Ave (5200 S) 1:15PM Lunch Red Pine Lodge, The Canyons 2:30 Snowshoeing Big Cottonwood Canyon Meet at the Murray Park Aquatic Center 3:30 Cocktail Hour DOCS at The Canyons

Water Polo Tournament 8PM Closing Social & Awards Kristauf’s Martini Bar 16 W Market Street

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The bill targeted at banning GayStraight Alliances from Utah high schools moved one step closer to law on Friday, Feb. 9 when it passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee with a 3-2 vote.

Sponsored by Rep. Aaron Tilton, RSpringville, HB 236 had gone through three substitutions by the time it reached the Senate Committee. The House passed a substitute bill drafted

by Rep. Scott Wyatt, R-Logan, on Feb. 6, that stripped much of the original bill’s language. That substitution failed in the Senate committee on the Feb. 9 and a fourth substitution passed with its controversial language about banning clubs that dealt with human sexuality and “socially appropriate behavior” intact.

In his opening remarks, Tilton said that the main purposes of his bill were to ensure that students had parental consent before joining school clubs and allow parents to see club bylaws and materials. He also said that his bill would codify language already in state statue to permit the attorney general’s office to defend schools that were sued over issues involving clubs. Both Tilton and Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, who chaired the committee, said that the attorney general’s office would not defend schools in these situations unless the bill was passed. Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has disputed this.

During the 20-minute debate, Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake City, questioned Tilton about the bill, including its similarity to existing state statutes regulating clubs from which HB 236 draws most of its language, according to Tilton. But the bill’s inclusion of language about human sexuality made up the bulk of McCoy’s challenges. During the 20-minute debate, he asked Tilton several times if HB 236 could be used to disband GSAs. “In your opinion do you think a GSA would cross the bounds of socially appropriate behavior,” he asked.

“Well, currently, as I’m told, they don’t,” said Tilton, adding that if such clubs didn’t discuss things state law prohibited them from discussing that they probably wouldn’t.

McCoy also said that Tilton’s bill did not provide school districts with specific guidelines for determining which clubs would be inappropriate.

“It’s possible that Provo High could say that GSAs involves human sexuality and you can’t have them, while East High says, you know what? The GSA doesn’t involve human sexuality and we’re going to allow it,” he said.

Tilton disagreed, arguing that administrators were already familiar with state law which stipulates which clubs can and cannot be permitted in schools.

Several citizens testified in favor of and against the bill, including educators, GSA advisors and members of the Utah Eagle Forum. While nearly all agreed with requiring parental permission for students to join school clubs, opponents still said the bill would unfairly target GSAs. Hal Newman, advisor of Hunter High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance, said he fears the paperwork HB 236 requires to form a club would make it harder for

students to form associations and get advisors. This would be unfortunate, he added, because of the good GSAs bring to schools.

“In asking [teachers and other students] specifically about the GSA since that is the issue here, all of them say having the GSA at school has improved toleration,” he said. As far as parental permission is concerned, Newman added that he already has four forms students can take home now, including a form their parents must sign to let them join.

“We do try to communicate with parents and let them know what we do and how we do it,” he said.

Jean Hill of the State Office of Education said that the bill was unnecessary, and that an umbrella policy for school clubs already existed.

“The fact that 80% of this bill [comes from state statue] does suggest that legislature would be acting as state board,” she said, adding that statute 53A-3-419 already gave schools permission to “limit or deny access to any club” and that the attorney general’s office has the power to defend this statute.

HB 236 will now head to the full Senate for a floor vote. Should it pass there, a joint House/Senate committee would have to hash out the differences between the bill that passed the House and the bill that passed the Senate. The outcome of that committee would go back to both chambers.

The 2007 Legislative Session will close Feb. 28, when lawmakers will scurry to tie up a myriad of loose ends, largely under suspension of the rules. Q

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What an emotionallyexhausting two-week period this has been.

A very good friend invited me to attend the Methamphetamine, HIV & Hepatitis conference at the Salt Lake Hilton the first three days of this month and was nice enough to swing a press pass my way. I perused the schedule, highlighted which sessions I should go to, highlighted second choices in case I wanted to ditch my first choice and grabbed my camera, two voice recorders and a buttload of batteries and planted myself in the front row of the keynote session.

I had several hopes for the conference: more information on hepatitis immunization and treatments, a rundown on the effect of methamphetamine on those with HIV and how it has affected the rise in new infections, information on the status of meth use in the gay community, and mostly, I wanted some guidance in creating a meth awareness campaign focused on prevention for non-users. Nothing too heavy, eh?

The first day had a few workshops that I was hopeful would help with my potential prevention awareness campaign. The most promising title was for a session on marketing a meth message to the gay community. Several minutes into the presentation, I realized that the target audience that was being addressed was current users — a harm reduction approach based out of San Diego. They showed several posters and flyers of men having sex, men at a circuit-like party and men having a great time with methrelated slogans over them: Fuking High?

KnowCrystal.org; I Only Use Meth on Weekends, There’s 52 weekends in a year; You CAN have great sex without crystal.

I raised my hand during Q&A time and asked, so what about a target audience

that isn’t using meth? I’ve been hit over the head numerous times over the past two years about what not to do — no scare tactics, no worst-case scenerios — what about some guidance on what to do?

I heard crickets. For a long time. The presenter looked at me like I asked what the square root of 890898980 is. No, worse.

Like I asked what makes Gayle Ruzicka click. He looked to the audience and asked if anyone there had any thought.

After a long pause someone said, “I think the messages and imagery used in the harm reduction campaign work equally for prevention.”

I sputtered, seriously sputtered, “umm...

I’d have to disagree. All I see in these messages is meth tied with great things — great sex, partying, more great sex. I want all those things! Maybe I should try crystal. It seems everyone else is!”

More crickets.

This has actually been a two-year effort on my part to find prevention campaigns that don’t get harm reduction people’s panties in a knot and don’t glamorize the drug. The search continues.

After two ten-hour days at the conference, I went to the Meth screening at the library hosted by the Utah AIDS Foundation. It was very frank, showed actual slamming and its effects and angered me deeper than I’ve felt in a very long time. “Did I do all this activist work over the past 20 plus years to help the next ease the coming out process for the next generation so they (and my generation) could do this?” I thought.

The panel of former users, a law enforcement officer and a drug counselor afterwards was incredibly informative. I could see their struggles, much of which I heard behind me during the film as obvious users or former users gasped and moaned during certain scenes. At least one person had to leave during the film as it presented trigger after trigger to former users.

And that was all she wrote. I couldn’t even get myself to the final day of the conference. I came away with few answers, but a much better understanding of the problem.

And the uncontrollable urge to cry.

Guest Editorial How Could We Let This Happen?

by Chad Keller

Queer Gnosis UnCovering

By Troy Williams troy@qsaltlake.com

One of our leading queer-edge thinkers is Kenji Yoshino. His recent book Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights is part memoir and part queer social history.

Yoshino lays out the legal battle for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender liberation in the context of other civil rights movements. He parallels our collective progress with his own efforts to uncover his authentic self. Yoshino envisions a new social paradigm of ‘universal liberty’ that embraces all marginalized people. I believe his work will dramatically shift queer politics. We spoke last summer on KRCL’s RadioActive.

Troy Williams: As a place to begin, who is Kenji Yoshino?

Kenji Yoshino: (laughs) Well, if I had the answer to that! For years I had been writing critiques of assimilationist bias in both law and culture, and by that I mean the incautious celebration of assimilation as a constant good in our social life.

Much of my resistance to assimilation comes from my experiences coming to a gay identity.

I really had to move through three phases, each of which was a resistance to assimilation: conversion, passing and covering.

Through young adulthood, all I wanted to do was convert to being straight. It’s difficult for me to see that past self clearly because he so ardently willed the annihilation of the person I would become.

It was only at law school that I accepted I was gay. But I still tried to pass. I was afraid I would be outed to the law school community as a whole.

Finally, when I had graduated and had overcome the passing phase, I still experienced pressure to conform to straight norms. When I started teaching at Yale, a colleague took me aside and said, ‘Kenji, you’ll have an easier time getting tenure if you are a homosexual professional instead of a professional homosexual.’

I knew exactly what he meant. But it

I asked if there was something I could do to help to help. With sadness in his face he said, “No. I am okay. I’m fine. I just want to thank you,” and he turned away. The outline of his form fading in the smog, and then disappearing altogether in the darkness of the Daynes Music entryway.

At that moment I realized that he could have been me. Suddenly, my heart broke and tears streamed down my face as I walked across the street and found the safety of the benches outside Sam Weller’s. There, I cried like a baby. How could I — could we — let this happen. Do we not care enough about each other as Gay men? Are we so entrenched in our own cliques that we can’t see what we are doing to each other and ourselves. Can’t we change our situation?

It has since become clear to me that things must change to deal with this issue of drug abuse among our people. We can not continue to simply talk about it and then dismiss it. Cautionary ads in local papers serve their part but we must do more.

I have come to the conclusion that the acceptance of drugs as part of a gay

“lifestyle” must drastically change. We need to get more men coming up with a plan to stop the meth epidemic in our community — we must intervene, we must discourage its use through encouraging more healthy lifestyle activities, and we must get drug dealers out of our community, out of our bars. The tragic deaths of several of our prominent community members last year should have been a wake up call. We must seek the advice and understanding of former users who battle the darkness of meth — to again celebrate a clean life, openly in the sunshine.

I know this morality tale was boring to some of you and probably perhaps a bit condescending, but I have had enough of the destruction of people through drugs and unsafe sex practices. If I have to stand alone on this issue and SCREAM and be more OBNOXIOUS, I will. If I have to start outing the tweaking leadership of some of ouir organizations, I will. Physician heal thyself! I hope, somehow, you, I and others will demand that enough is enough and help me take serious action.

Silence = Death.

seems silly to not pursue my passion.

And when I did, my colleagues uniformly embraced me. That is the key lesson here: If you don’t live an authentic life, you cut yourself off from those people who would support that authentic self.

I didn’t have a name for the final phase of assimilation until I read sociologist Erving Goffman’s book Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Goffman talks about how even people who are no longer passing still feel like they have to downplay stigmatized attributes.

He called this dynamic covering. That was one of those light bulb moments. My colleague’s advice wasn’t a demand to pass, rather it was a demand to cover a known identity.

This may all sound like mumbo-jumbo…

I always say, don’t let your epitaph read, “she died with her options open.”

TW: It’s okay to be gay, just not do gay.

KY: Exactly.

TW: I love how you describe being splendidly non-committal. Neither Japanese nor American, neither poet nor pragmatist, neither straight nor gay. How did you negotiate these dual identities?

KY: It’s an incredibly complex narrative.

As I get older I find that I hold multiple selves. All of these identities are inside of me. There was a deep desire through my adolescence not to define myself. I always joke with my students because they are so risk averse. I always say, “don’t let your epitaph read, she died with her options open.” For me, it became important to actually commit to certain conceptions of the self.

TW: You talk about universal liberty vs. civil rights. What does that look like?

KY: Once we have diagnosed covering as a social problem, the immediate question is what is the solution? In respect to the equality vs. liberty debate, I really believe the way forward is going to be through a universal liberty discourse.

TW: Well, let’s be practical...

KY: Right. An employer says this is an English-only workplace, so if you speak Spanish you’re out. You could contest that legally by saying the policy has disproportionately burdened people who are Latinos, so we are going to make a group-based equality claim. Or you could say, everyone has a first language. Everyone has the right to speak their language of origin as long as they are also able to speak English. I think the second claim is going to have more traction in contemporary America. That’s what I call the Universal Liberty approach. This country is experiencing such compassion fatigue towards groups right now. The civil rights movement has been tarnished by the idea that it’s a culture of complaint.

We are witnessing a parade of oppressed groups each asking for state and social solicitude. What we are really looking for is a discourse that draws us together rather than apart. Take same-sex marriage. I think Americans are going to be less sympathetic to the statement: gays should have the rights to marry ‘cause gays are just as good as straights. The liberty statement would be: everyone should have the freedom to marry the person they most love. The universal liberty approach resonates with Americans because it allows them to see that same-sex marriage is ultimately about love.

TW: What do you think queers have to teach the world about coming out?

KY: The coming out experience resonates with all Americans. When I talk about uncovering yourself, it has been underscored time and again that authenticity is a concept that Americans hold dear.

All Americans have had to wrestle with how much they can express themselves in a culture that demands conformity.

What we are talking about is a universal human condition. What the gay rights movement has tapped into is the idea that all of us have these hidden selves that are in danger of being squashed by society as a whole. Nonetheless, these selves are deeply precious.

More about Covering: kenjiyoshino.com.

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Not too many years ago, a fresh-from-theeast-coast hunk of a guy came back to Salt Lake to be closer to his family. He was an ideal gay man — perfect pecs, washboard abs, ass that could crack a walnut, blond hair and piecing blue eyes. He was a person that was the life of the party. With the ups came serious downs that often left him upset about his HIV status. However; his attitude remained upbeat — nothing was going to keep him down He always seemed to have a variety of odd jobs to supplement his income — construction to maintain his body, courier for the cardio and restaurant jobs to keep his mind sharp. It did not matter what the job was, he did it. He seemed happy to celebrate the life he had — until he was hired to work at one of our neighborhood bars. There, because of the abundance of cocaine, he quickly descended into a realm of self loathing, depression, addiction and other social problems. His addiction eventually led him to being fired, kicked out of the house he was sharing with the bar owner, and dropped out of the gay social scene. I and others close to him had not seen him for several months.

His family seemed indifferent as if they had disowned him.

Several months ago I began to encounter him downtown each morning.

He appeared to be off to work at some construction job. For weeks I tried making eye contact with him, but he would look past me or down at the floor as he hurried away. Somehow though, I could sense that all was not right with him by his troubled demeanor. One day I blurted out towards him, “Hi” and he finally forced eye contact. In his eyes I saw the emptiness. Nevertheless, I purposefully engaged him, even though from his eyes I could see he was hesitant to stop and talk to me. I congenially forced him to stop anyway. He responded with a nervous hello, his eyes never leaving the ground, and he quickly departed towards the Social Hall entrance of the ZCMI Center.

From that quick encounter, my sense of smell told me that he was more than troubled. He was homeless, and tweeked out. This awareness began to tear at my heart. Out of concern, each day afterward, I looked for him out on the street. Usually I would find him each day near the vestibule of the old Daynes Music building — sometimes still asleep. Each day I brought him something for breakfast and on my way home something better to eat other than the dry bologna sandwiches served up by the Catholic church.

Because I was afraid he would not let me approach any closer, I’d leave a meal near the corner of the entrance or planter box which he claimed as home. As I left I would see him snatch up the food like an orphan and scurry aback into the safety of his shadowed home. At least I knew he had eaten for the day.

The other day my heart told me to enter his makeshift home. I found him hunched in the corner, gray, weather battered and ghostly appearing. Unaware that I was standing near him, I said his name. He then unveiled his face. I nearly passed out from shock. He was meth gray, wrinkled, toothless, eyes blood shot

and sunken. The stench of homelessness, urine and meth was overwhelming.

I asked him if he was hungry. He nodded his head and said, “Yes Chad.” I then pulled a bag containing chicken nuggets and fries from my coat. I was worried that he could not eat them, as he had no teeth, but he snatched them up along with a bottle of milk. His attitude seemed a little ungrateful this time, but I knew that he was probably coming off a meth high. So I stood, unflinching, and asked if he was okay. In his desolate emptiness he said he was and began to rebundle himself to shut out the smoggy, frigid air.

Although the ammonia smell of urine was strong in the space he occupied, rather than allow my gag reflex to kick in and make him feel uncomfortable, I wished aloud that I hope he would have a bright day and continued on down the street to Eagle Gate College.

As I was leaving, he came out of the shadows and hurried down the street, calling my name. I wiped away the tears of sadness, lest he see them, and turned around. I could tell by his eyes he wanted me to speak. I again asked if he was okay.

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Q: WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THE FLIPFLOP BUSINESS IN THE WINTER TIME? CHAD: This is like a chicken-before-theegg question. To seriously evaluate, one must first ask why jeans are worn below the ass? Simply, I think these boys and girls cannot afford to buy shoes, or someone forgot to teach them how to tie them. People, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live on a beach yet. Global warming is still in process.

Give it another twenty years and then go hog wild with the flip-flops.

MARK: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why people wear flip-flops any time during the year. I know some may suffer from sweaty feet and want them to breathe year round.

However, I was taught that feet should be covered. Yes, that means socks with shoes. So, for those who prefer that wisp of air going through their toes, all I ask is that you at least keep them from resting outside your car door while driving.

Q: DO MOST DRAG QUEENS WANT TO BECOME FEMALES, OR IS IT A WHOLE DRESS UP AND PLAY BARBIE THING THAT THEY LIKE? CHAD: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve declared it the day of the drag queen. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been too hard on them in the past. So, much like the equinox, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give them a day of relief from my scrutiny.

Many drag queens go onto make glamorous real women, but until their fairy Godmothers give them a â&#x20AC;&#x153;snippidy-snoppidy-dooâ&#x20AC;?, you can tell the difference between drag queens and transsexuals by how they apply their eyeliner.

MARK: From my experience, the vast majority of queens view their stage persona as a character and separate from their male identity. Now, for the ones who add â&#x20AC;&#x153;breastessesâ&#x20AC;? while keeping their original plumbing, I often wonder if it just a remodeling project in mid-completion. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never taken a moment to ask any specifics about the floor plan and expansion to a larger cup size, but I believe it is about a career choice and not a lifestyle change.

CHAD: Remodeling projects of those magnitudes are more than even Ty Pennington from Extreme Home Maker or Bob Villa from This Old House would tackle. None-

theless, those queens could teach Martha Stewart a thing or two about color.

Q: IS GRATUITOUS SEX ON GAY-THEMED SHOWS LIKE L-WORD AND QUEER AS FOLK NECESSARY? MARK: Why am I always the first one to talk about sex? Well, even I disagree with the amount of sexual content used within such shows. Oftentimes, it seems the inclusion was merely meant to shock audiences or keep the viewer intrigued when the storyline and plot were lacking.

CHAD: Gratuitous sex ... is that a new Ben & Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flavor? I want some. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the ratings. Besides, the breeders are getting off watching girl-on-girl and man-onman action. Deep down they know we do more than play naked. Although none of us live the lives of those TV characters, I wonder if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d come closer to that amount of sex if I had lots of money and sat on a bar stool all day, too.

MARK: Hmmmâ&#x20AC;Ś I say you give that theory a whirl and report back on your â&#x20AC;&#x153;succsexâ&#x20AC;? during our next installment. Please give it your best effort. No more one-handed swings with your bat. It takes a pitcher.

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Overheard

by Laurie Mecham laurie@qsaltlake.com

My new internet addiction is the website OverheardInNewYork. com, along with its sister sites, Overheard in the Office and Overheard at the Beach.

People submit funny or bizarre things that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve overhead, and some of them are hilarious. Coincidentally, I have long been in the habit, when I hear something amusing, of writing it down. Working on this column, I need all the inspiration I can get.

Obviously, what you overhear often depends on where you are. For example, where was the following quote overheard? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fetch, I stepped in dog crud!â&#x20AC;? a) the parking lot at West High, b) Bingo night at the Center, or c) the BYU football practice field.

Capturing such gems is hard for a couple of reasons. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not always convenient to jot something down, and when I do, my handwriting is r3@lly h.rd to r3ad. Most problematic is that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear very well.

At the holiday party for my wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, the white elephant gift that I received was a Spy Kids remote listening device.

I was pretty jazzed about it, but the little satellite-dish-on-the-end-of-a-gun is probably a bit too obvious to use in public. I wonder if they make one that looks like an iPod? Still, I do my best. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been getting around Portland a little bit more, and I have become a bus commuter, exposing me to a broad variety of people and situations. Here are some tidbits.

10 pm, Starbucks Husband: Today is the first day in five days that I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pooped.

Wife: Great. Now I have to update my blog.

In the Gastroenterology Clinic waiting room Lesbian 1: â&#x20AC;&#x201A; The doctor had to give me a rectal exam.

Lesbian 2:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; At least she was a woman.

Lesbian 1:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Yeah. At first I thought I should relax, but then I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What if she thinks I like it?

Lesbian 2:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Whaaat?

Lesbian 1:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; I was really tense. But then I

Q: IS IT OKAY TO GO TO A MOVIE AND/OR RESTAURANT BY YOURSELF THESE DAYS? CHAD: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be going alone for the next couple of weeks. Maybe we can meet? Do you pitch? Whether going alone is okay depends on a couple of things: are you going alone because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bitter, or just going cruising without backseat passengers?

If something sounds exciting to you, then just do it. But remember, when you dine alone, you eat more like a cow than a bird.

MARK: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t limit yourself by needing the company of others in order to have fun. Secure, well-rounded individuals are content when alone and know that the company of others doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complete the experience, but may enhance it every now and then. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m all for the company of others, but when I go to movies with a partner, I seldom pay attention to the action on the screen. Maybe he and I should be charging admission?

Send us more questions, and your query might be included in a forthcoming In Search of Answers. We can be reached via email at insearchof@qsaltlake.com or directly at QSaltLake, P.O. Box 511247 - SLC, UT 84151.

thought, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wait, the relaxed thing will be better.â&#x20AC;?

Lesbian 2:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; (laughs)

Lloyd Center Mall Hip chick with Barnes and Noble bag: Shit! This self-help book is so thick, and the type is really small.

Hip girlfriend: What did you want â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a selfhelp pamphlet?

Government agency Employee Assistance Phone Message: If you are in need of immediate emotional assistance, please call the employee assistance program.

On Bus 8 Loud chick:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Driver? Where is the next stop?

Driver:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Ankeny. Where do you need to get off?

Loud friend:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; At the last stop.

Driver: I can let you off up here.

(The bus stops. Loud chick and Loud Friend get off, laughing.)

Loud friend:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Thank you!

Loud Chick:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Sorry, our regular bus is lots shorter than this one.

Cup and Saucer Cafe Gay guy #1:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this nonprofit in North Portland where you can borrow power tools.

Gay guy #2:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Now I know why all the lesbians live in the North.

Blockbuster, SE 39th and Powell Employee of the Month on cell phone: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sick of programming this one! I wish I could stay home from work tomorrow.

Maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get sick. No, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no fun. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just rebel and stay up lateâ&#x20AC;Śbut then guilt will make me go in anyway, so at least Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be angrier and too tired to be of any use.

Home Depot, plumbing aisle Handy lesbian on cell: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a problem with us, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just that things have been so stressful. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both really depressed. I mean, how DO you have sex in the fetal position?

On the express bus Hip Glasses Woman 1: I think I could date a man again.

Hip Glasses Woman 2: Then you are bisexual.

Hip Glasses Woman 1: I just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suck his dick.

Hip Glasses Woman 2: Um, yeah, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna work.

Laurie Mecham, girl detective, lives in Portland, Oregon.

Mountain Meadows Mascara Get on the Bus

by Ruby Ridge, ruby@qsaltlake.com

So, darlings, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m mindlessly flipping through the nightly news shows when to my shock and horror I see that Katie Couric now looks like Joan Riversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Klingon love child. Eeeewwww! Have you seen our perky little Katie lately? I swear to God she looks like an alien! What the hell is going on with that nose job and her eyebrows? I mean seriously, cherubs, it looks like she has had her nose reshaped with a cheese grater. She probably justifies the surgery because more and more people are watching television in high definition and on unforgiving big screens, but Jesus, Mary and Joseph, how can you deliver a serious news story when you look like La Toya Jackson rolled in flour? Enquiring minds want to know, dammit.

Speaking of weird changes â&#x20AC;Ś when

Lambda Lore Haters

by Ben Williams ben@qsaltlake.com

I also used to have a collection of casino wet wipes but I guess now really isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the time to talk about my love life.

Can anyone tell me what is up with those new slot machines that do all of the weird combination of lines and symbols?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad enough for my self esteem that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to play poker (although under our layers of makeup I could have a serious poker face!) or roulette, or black jack for that matter, but now I just feel retarded because I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decipher the slot machines. I put 20 bucks into a machine last week that I still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand.

Apparently if you get King Tut, a pyramid, Julia Childs and a llama on one line, and a watermelon, two sevens, Lassie and a baseball on the other line youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a winner. It was all way too complicated for this simple country girl (but Becky Moss was there winning like a pro!).

Anyway, darlings, think of me next time you pull a handle in Wendover and good luck! Ciao, babies!â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Q

their temples for years, not to mention playing with their organs.

Maybe Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sanhedrim â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I mean legislature â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would then get off our backs. It seems so ironic that no matter how â&#x20AC;&#x153;disgustingâ&#x20AC;? Buttars finds sodomy, he sure does not mind screwing us every year. And now Tilton wants a piece of the action. Is it just me or how gay does Aaron Tilton look? I mean on a scale of 1-6? I mean, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he look rather coifed for a straight man? I mean, he looks more gay than Jon Huntsman.

I think that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting that Aaron â&#x20AC;&#x153;doth protest too muchâ&#x20AC;? Tilton represents Spanish Fork. Spanish Fork for Gawdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sake! How many fags have come out of Spanish Fork? I cannot even count that high. When I used to facilitate social and support groups for us queer folk back in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s, I thought something had to be in the water because practically everyone gay from Utah County came from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spanish Farkâ&#x20AC;?. It was so â&#x20AC;&#x153;farkingâ&#x20AC;? queer there.

In the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the remains of an old hot springs bath house up Spanish Fork Canyon rivaled anything in Salt Lake for hot action. I refuse to say how I know this as a bonafide fact. However, eventually the pious poops of Utah County blew the place up, even destroying the natural hot springs that flowed from the mountain and now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a fond memory. Good times.

By Jove, that was a tangent wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it? Back to the subject of haters. Does anyone remember Jack Bangerter from Bountiful? During the AIDS crisis of the mid â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s, as a legislator he proposed rounding everyone up who had AIDS, painting them green and quarantining them on Antelope Island. If he would have, can you imagine how fabulous Antelope would look today? Hey, look what we did for the Avenues. As it were, the haters of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s just decided to invalidate all marriages of people with HIV and AIDS to the great relief of the insurance companies. Oh yes, it was later found unconstitutional after millions of dollars were spent, but we sent a G.D. message didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we. Frigging A!

Am I rambling? Oh yes, haters.

Remember Joy Beech? She and Gail Ruzicka were conceived from the same harpy egg of Medusa. Both of them could turn gays to saltpeter with one look. Gail still can, God Bless her. What a gal. In a blind test could you distinguish Gail Ruzicka from a line of cigar munching Bull Dykes? I double dog dare you.

I remember that Connell â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rockyâ&#x20AC;?

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donavan once lead a movement to rechristen Bare Ass Beach â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy Beachâ&#x20AC;? in Ms. Beechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor. Never did take hold. Probably because the mere mention of her name shriveled anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appendage. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure I will get hate mail from the offspring of Ms. Beech. Save a stamp.

She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like me. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like her. Your mother was as mean as a defeated drag queen! Period.

Has anyone dared approach Chris Buttars to tell him that his name sounds soooo gay? I know what you are thinking: heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too Butt-ugly to be gay, but letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not be so shallow. Deep down, Buttars is probably a beautiful person. And no, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean â&#x20AC;&#x153;six feet deep downâ&#x20AC;?, either.

Quit it. Maybe thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful, caring, tender individual way inside, buried beneath his hateful, detestable, repugnant, repellent, I mean really repellent veneer, which perhaps was scarred by a childhood trauma â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as seeing his own penis. Who knows? We all have had childhood traumas. We can rally behind that, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we? We can find common ground in all our childhood traumas, I know we can. So letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be charitable. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assume that Buttars can change, like George Wallace, and yes hopefully without someone with a concealed weapon permit shooting him in the ass (David Nelson, resist the temptation to write a rebuttal) because the CRT thing to do is to love the Buttars but hate the Buttarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sins. Same goes for Ms. Tilton. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you love his mousey hair? Roowwwllll! Roof! When you are ready to â&#x20AC;&#x153;walk on the wild sideâ&#x20AC;?, contact me in care of QSaltLake. Is that a concealed weapon in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

(Davidâ&#x20AC;Ś.put down that pen! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a joke!)

Sheesh! I need a drink.

Ruby Ridge is one of the more opinionated members of the Utah Cyber Sluts, a camp drag group of performers who raise funds and support local charities. Her opinions are her own and fluctuate wildly as REAL Salt Lake gets a corporate welfare subsidy, Energy Solutions gets no oversight and the Dept. of Environmental Quality budget gets gutted in a budget surplus year. Appalling!

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Poor Chris Buttars and Aaron Tilton. How sad it must be that history will relegate then to the relevance of George â&#x20AC;&#x153;Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Foreverâ&#x20AC;? Wallace. The name Wallace doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ring a bell, does it?

Good! George Wallace was a hater until he came to Jesus after someone shot his ass. Oh, like Buttars and Tilton, he protested that he was not. But like Wallace then, they are now. Buttars and Tilton are on the wrong side of history â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like all haters. No national holidays will be named for them.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hardly matter who you hate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; be it Jews, Blacks, Muslims, Mormons, Mexicans, or Fairies. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really all the same. Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it? The fag-haters of Utah today can spew insufferable nonsense because the LDS Church has not bitchslapped them like they did the haters of African-Americans. Perhaps you forgot that blacks were once considered curse to be servants of the White Man by God Almighty Himself. Amazing what a little revelation and arm-twisting can do.

Oh, I will admit the LDS church has done a little wrist-slapping for appearances; after all, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are all Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s childrenâ&#x20AC;?.

But why havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t they brought the mighty weight of the wrath of God upon the oppressors of the homosexual as they did the post 1977 white supremacists? After 1977, even LDS Elders Peterson and McConkie had to shut their claptraps about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mark of Cainâ&#x20AC;? crap and eventually the entire Mormon flock got in line also, especially if they knew what was good for them.

Unfortunately, no such pronouncements have been issued about gay folk.

However, wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be cool if thirty years after blacks were allowed to tear Wonder Bread to shreds, that we could too? After all, we have been decorating

was the last time you went out to Wendover, kittens? Mr. Ridge and I usually go out every few months to graze at the Friday night seafood buffets and I will be the first to admit, I am usually so completely consumed by gluttony that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t raise my head above plate level for hours. But last week on our Fabulous Fun Bus excursion (which sold out by the way), I actually had time to look, and more importantly listen, around the casinos. Have you noticed how much quieter they are now that they have moved to electronic receipts instead of coins? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kinda nice, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a little disorienting. I miss the old clang, clang, clang of the coins as the slot machine cashed out into the metal trays. Aahhh â&#x20AC;Ś good times! That whole tactile sensation of grubby, sticky money is gone and along with it the coin culture of wet wipes and coin cups that I miss.

Knowing my taste in fine things and my keenly developed aesthetic sensibilities, you probably arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprised to learn that I have a collection of plastic casino coin cups, including the white trash Holy Grail â&#x20AC;Ś a coin cup from the opening of the Excalibur in Las Vegas! One day I am going to take it on the Antiques Road Show and make those panty-waisted, depression glass collectors tremble at the sight of its injection-molded plastic glory!

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Ruth Hackford-Peer Weight Loss for Lesbians by ruth hackford-peer ruth@qsaltlake.com

A friend recently went through a divorce. The stress related to the custody battle, the lawyer fees and the bickering between her and her former spouse became so unbearable that she lost her appetite and 40 pounds. Everywhere she went people told her how great she looked. “Whatever you’re doing, keep it up!” they said. The message she got over and over was that divorce and depression had done her a personal favor.

Years ago, a co-worker of mine lost 50 pounds in less than 6 months. I inquired as to her methods, hoping for a quick fix to my own ever-rounding buttocks. “It’s easy,” she stated, “but I have to admit, I am using a diet aid.” Turns out, the diet aid was crystal meth. I passed.

My own obsession with weight began in junior high school when unwanted curves started showing up in what I deemed “all the wrong places.” During high school, I perfected the stance, stare and intonation in the question, “Does my butt look big in this?” At the time, my butt certainly didn’t look big in anything as I weighed 120 pounds with my lanky 5 foot 9 inch frame. But I knew how to play the “girl game” with the best of them.

And after years of playing the game, the boundaries began to blur and the lens in which I viewed myself became more and more skewed.

On an academic level, I refuse to validate these dominant, culturally-imposed requisites for womanhood (white, middle-class, able-bodied, heterosexual womanhood). In theory, I can deconstruct the expectation that women are thin as a direct byproduct of a misogynistic, patriarchal, heteronormative cultural environment that pits women against their own. I can explain away the need to be thin as internalized oppression, the way women are taught to hate ourselves and each other. On an institutional level, it makes sense.

On a personal level, where my own is-

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sues with body image and weight are concerned, the topic gets convoluted. Coming out did not magically free me from these expectations of womanhood and hang-ups with body image. My incessantly-dieting mother’s voice never quite left me and I still cannot fully trust my partner’s assertions that she loves my body with a little meat on my bones.

The new year brought resolutions like it always does and top of my list was to lose weight. I went to a weight loss clinic to inquire about joining their program and was met with a questionnaire and an inquisitive “counselor” (I use that term loosely.) She inquired about my motivations to lose weight: if my husband found me less attractive, if I was trying to put the spark back in my marriage, how long I had self-esteem issues related to my weight. I laughed off her assumptions while informing her that continued good health was my primary motivation for weight loss. I made sure she knew I was a lesbian and that IF my relationship needed spark it was infantinduced sleep deprivation, not expanding thighs, at fault.

It was the truth, certainly, but with a spin. I couldn’t bear to let this diet indus-

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You’d be hard pressed to find any part of my life I keep secret. Talk with me for more than an hour and you’ll probably learn at least one of the following: I’m Catholic, I have clinical depression and I have enough cats to wear the term “Crazy Cat Lady” with pride.

Speaking of Pride, I’m bisexual (a pretty solid 4 on the Kinsey Scale, for the really curious).

Oh, and I’m also a geek of the raging, flaming, with bells on stripe.

Yep. The term “geek” stopped being insulting to me around the time “fatty, fatty two-by-four” did in the third grade.

I go to science fiction, fantasy and horror conventions, have my own hold tray at the local comic shop and approach debates about Old School Star Wars vs. New School Star Wars with an eye for detail approaching the Talmudic. That scarf I’m wearing this winter? An exact replica of the one Tom Felton sported in the last Harry Potter movie. Oh, and my girlfriend and I think dressing up as Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn from Batman would be romantic. Provided we could get away with all that spandex.

Closets just aren’t my thing. They tend to smell like mothballs and wrinkle my Hogwarts robes. And it seems a lot of you agree with me, if the number of queer folk I’ve met at cons, on online message boards and in my other job as a fantasy writer is any indication. In many ways, the large numbers make sense, particularly considering how eager some science fiction, fantasy and horror novels, games, TV shows and movies have been to include queer characters or address subjects important to our community. Buffy the Vampire Slayer broke incredible ground with its positive portrayal of a lesbian relationship and Anne Rice and Laurel K. Hamilton’s books regularly feature gay, lesbian and bisexual characters. Hell, even Star Trek, arguably one of the most hetero franchises in TV history, made a few clumsy stabs at addressing homosexuality with episodes like Deep Space Nine’s “Rejoined” and the ex-gay move-

try socialite know the struggle between my activist feminist self and my desire to be thin. She didn’t need my dirty laundry shaping her view of queers. Low self-esteem seemed a little too hetero-female for me to admit just then.

I joined their program. But I’m not proud of it. I’ve cooked up a bunch of justifications for this nasty un-feminist (not to mention capitalistic), self-indulgent behavior. It goes like this: Losing weight = being healthier.

Being healthier = living longer.

Living longer = being a thorn in the side of homophobes everywhere for years to come.

Therefore, losing weight = the best possible way for me to “stick it to the man.”

As un-feminist as it is to admit, I want to be thin. We live in a world in which excess weight contributes to heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other diseases, so is it so wrong for me to indulge in this one little byproduct of patriarchy? I promise not to shave. I won’t sunbathe. I won’t wear make up. And, if ever there were a weight loss for lesbians program, I’d immediately drop this diet to mingle with the sisters. Q

ment with The Next Generation’s “The Outcast,” even if queer characters have yet to appear outside licensed Trek novels and comics.

Seriously, there’s even an annual convention for gay geeks called Gaylaxicon (gaylaxicon2007.org) which is scheduled to be held in Atlanta this October, so I know I’m not just projecting.

What is it about fandom that draws the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and anyone-else-under-the-queer-umbrella crowd? And irritating anti-gay fans aside, what is it about fandom that is uniquely queer? These are questions I’ve been pondering since I began writing fantasy novels and editing anthologies (many featuring queer-themed fantasy stories) two years ago, and questions that ultimately lead me to pitch this column to my boss. Every two weeks I hope to give you, the readers who didn’t turn the page after I mentioned Star Wars and spandex, a look into the uniquely queer side of geekdom, whether it’s drawing your attention to a new science fiction novel with a transgender protagonist or dissecting the gay subtext of FarScape. When we’re lucky, there might even be interviews with gay-friendly writers, artists, editors, game developers about their work, or interviews with other queer fans.

As much as I love fandom, there just isn’t time enough to read, watch and enjoy everything. Got a particularly gayfriendly TV show, book, movie or game you think I should check out? A particularly homophobic one that needs some criticism? Shoot me an email and I’ll look into it. After all, gay, straight or bisexual, what’s the good of being fans if we can’t find new things to obsess over and, yes, geek out together?

Well that’s about it for this column. But be sure to tune in next issue for our first interview, with a team of comic artists who wrote the world’s first graphic novel about Oscar Wilde’s last days. Even if you already know who I’m talking about, I promise you’ll be just as surprised at what they have to say as I was. Until next time, keep smiling and don’t be afraid to be seen reading A Series of Unfortunate Events in public, especially if you’re over fourteen. Q JoSelle Vanderhooft is QSaltLake’s assistant editor. She’s here, she’s queer and damn it, she wanted another season of Firefly, just like you did!

Loada Bullshattuck Oscar Apathy

BY RYAN SHATTUCK RYAN@QSALTLAKE.COM

I don’t think I care anymore. Just be sure not to tell anyone.

Soon joining James Pike, Lloyd Geering, John Tietjen, Peter Cameron, and Don Stroud will be Ryan Shattuck.

Heretic? Yes, I am. Thank you for asking. At this rate, I’m going to lose my gay card yet again. And heaven knows that if I lose my gay card one more time, they’re just going to reassign it to Clay Aiken.

What I don’t care about anymore is the Oscars. The Gays’ Super Bowl. The Queers’ Olympics.

And I don’t care?

Heresy. Am I really to blame, though? With the rather disappointing selection of movies this year, it’s relatively easy to not care. I am aware, however, that I must be careful with my opinion and with whom I share it. As a gay man, speaking negatively about the Oscars is tantamount to treason. Sure, people may be born gay, but having an actual gay card is something you earn. If I, as a gay man, lose interest in the Holy Oscars, then it’s all over. The terrorists have won. Consider that if Janet Jackson’s boob leads to pornography in the public libraries, leads to the acceptance of gay marriage, leads to bestiality; then by the same token, an apathetic attitude towards the Oscars leads to no longer reading perezhilton.com, leads to no longer buying candles at Pottery Barn, leads to wearing a mullet, leads to men having sex with women. What goes down a slippery slope must come up.

It’s probably a good thing I allowed my membership to the National Necrophiliacs Against Cremation to expire.

That being said, I will stereotypically admit that I’m rather disappointed that Dreamgirls wasn’t nominated for Best Picture. In a rather dismal year for movies, it’s disappointing to see the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences completely pass over this movie. Listen up, AMPAS. You’ve done this before. You’ve passed over better films by nominating lesser films. If you’re going to allow excellent movies such as Dreamgirls to be treated like the Ringo Starr of the Academy Awards, don’t be surprised when, years later, you see Dreamgirls hosting the children’s show Shining Time Station. If it can happen to Ringo, it can happen to anyone.

Aside from my write-in vote for best picture — and maybe Little Miss

Sunshine — I could care less about the rest of the movies. It’s not so much the films themselves that I find frustrating as much as it’s the obnoxious pageantry. The masturbatory way in which presenters believe they’re presenting something equal to the Nobel Prize; the faux sense of gratitude expressed by the winners; the ostentatious manner in which the attendees spend more on their evening gowns than FEMA did on New Orleans. Then, in a naïve attempt at dabbling in sympathy, every Academy Awards presents its list of Those Who Have Died In The Past Year. Am I supposed to care about the death of the second assistant director who played a cameo in Weekend at Bernie’s II: Attack of the Clones? I feel trite for saying so, but I cared more about the death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

Why exactly are gay men so fascinated with the glamour of Hollywood? Perhaps part of the allure that comes with Hollywood is that, despite the fact that most movie stars really don’t look that much better than us (even having spent thousands of dollars on themselves), we still convince ourselves that they do. Sure, perhaps movie stars can afford to have their hair cut by stylists who are so booked that not even Jesus can get an appointment with them.

Nevertheless, if you have rat hair, you have rat hair. Although we may try to convince ourselves that beauty is well and thriving in Hollywood, most celebrities really do look like us. And just like real life, Hollywood has its share of ugly people as well. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present to you Exhibit A: Steve Buscemi. You find me a hairstylist who can make Mr. Buscemi look attractive, and I’ll find you a real unicorn. A unicorn that is better at dissecting modern transcendentalism than Thoreau. And that bakes a great spinach quiche.

Sure, watching the Academy Awards may have all the relevance of Lyndon LaRouche and is as entertaining as watching paint dry, or maybe botox set in. But it’s part of our heritage.

Gay society makes films and gay society watches films. No one is better at escapism than are we. Let straight society continue their monopoly on religion and sports, and let gay society continue our dominance of arts and entertainment. I will be the heretic who stands on the sidelines and criticizes both.

Anyone have Clay Aiken’s number?

I have a card to give him that I’m no longer using. Q

Janet Jackson’s boob leads to pornography in the public libraries, leads to the acceptance of gay marriage, leads to bestiality

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Ryan Shattuck is a freelance writer and eternal student at the University of Utah. He keeps a regular blog at bullshattuck.com.

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Q Tips-y Winter ... Oranges and Pinks Nobody does cocktails quite like Vegas.

We once again turned to the Bellagio hotel’s master of mixology Drew Levinson to get his picks for the must have drinks of the year. So before you cope with more and more winter being thrown at you by downing a bottle of Scotch in the basement, get a load of these two fun recipes and see if you can’t make drowning your sorrows a tad more tasty in the process.

IL REGALO: 1 Serving Ingredients: • 1 ounce Bacardi “O” Rum • 1 ounce Orangecello • ½ ounce Alizé Red Passion • ½ ounce fresh-squeezed orange juice • Juice of ½ lime • Fresh passion fruit seeds • Orange or lemon twist Method: In an ice-filled shaker, combine rum, Orangecello, Alizé, orange juice, and lime juice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with fresh passion fruit seeds and an orange or lemon twist.

LE CADEAU (The Gift) Yield: 1 Serving Ingredients: • 1 ¼ ounce Grey Goose Le Citron Vodka • ½ ounce Cassis de Bordeaux • 1 ounce fresh white peach puree • 1 ounce fresh lemon sour (2 parts lemon juice, 1 part simple syrup) • Juice of ¼ lime • Splash of cranberry juice • 2 fresh raspberries • 2 fresh peach slices Method: In an ice-filled shaker, combine vodka, Cassis de Bordeaux, peach puree, lemon sour, lime juice, and cranberry juice.

Shake vigorously and strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass.

Garnish with the raspberries and fresh peach slices.

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By Michael Aaron

After 30 years of fighting infectious diseases, Dr. Kristen Ries moves from patients to patience

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n 1981, news reports started screaming from our televisions and radios that a disease was killing gay men in our nation’s coastal cities. Dubbed “Gay-Related Immune Disease,” or GRID, it put a scare into many gay men and their families and friends.

In 1981, a doctor by the name of Kristen Ries moved to Salt Lake City after graduating cum laude from Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and spending six years in private practice.

“I actually moved here the very week that the report of pneumocystis pneumonia in both San Francisco and New York, and it immediately piqued my interest,” Dr. Ries said. “To me, immediately, it sounded like it should be an infectious disease and since I was an ‘infectious disease detective,’ it really got me into the mystery of it.”

Then GRID, which was renamed AIDS, started appearing in men living in, and returning to, Salt Lake City. Dr. Ries observed this spread into Utah and became one of the first, and indeed one of the few, doctors to begin to treat patients with HIV and AIDS. “There were a lot of doctors who would not treat the disease because of fear of the unknown or on moral grounds, since it was first identified as a gay male disease,” Dr. Ries recalls.

“It seemed to me, in my naivete, to be a very preventable disease. All you’d have to do, as I once said in public (and I laugh now how naive I was) was just do what your mother told you and you’d be just fine. And I really believed that at the time,” she continued.

Ries went on to educate both lay people and the medical communities.

“We went to a lot of gay bars, churches and anywhere we could go,” she remembers.

Ries recognized that AIDS had a cloud of social stigma surrounding it. Because of that, she says, we have HIV community-based organizations.

“We don’t have SARS community-based organizations, but we have HIV community-based organizations and it is all due to the social stigma and problems,” she said.

In 1985, the U.S. Public Health Service called for the elimination of AIDS by the year 2000.

It was also in 1985 that condoms were recognized for the ability to prevent sexually-transmitted HIV. “But we still have a hard time talking about them in Utah or giving them out,” Ries says.

“In fact, I’ve just been to a health department in this state where we do a clinic and we were told we really shouldn’t have our condoms out there where people could see them, because they don’t want to be known as that. But, we just did it anyway.”

In 1987, the University of Utah asked Ries to some and report on her experience with HIV and AIDS. They hadn’t yet opened a clinic for the disease, and wouldn’t until 1989. Ries reported on 44 cases that she had seen: the average age was 35 years, 43 were men and 1 was a woman, and 30 had already died. Most died in less than a year from diagnosis. Eighty-four percent were homosexual men, five had a history of IV drug use, and two had received transfusions.

“That really made us into hospice doctors back then,” she said. “We were very busy caring and advocating for our patients. It’s amazing that people like Sister Lynn and Dr. Reimer

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Dr. Kristin Ries making a keynote speech at the Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV and Hepatitis in Salt Lake City the first week of February.

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and others found so much energy that they didn’t even know they had.”

“Back then all we had was supportive care and we were doing many home visits, as our patients were not often welcome in many health care facilities. or they were treated poorly.”

In 1987, the first drug to fight the disease came on the market — AZT. “There was some hope, but it only lasted a short while. We found out that after only about 18 months, those patients then failed.

I would remind people not to forget that short period of good quality life that people had was very important to each person.”

Even with AZT, however, patients continued to die in large numbers.

More drugs came onto the market and doctors began trying multidrug cocktails.

“There was a great improvement of life even with just the double cocktails,” said Dr. Ries.

But people still continued to die, especially those from more progressive cities who returned home to die. At that time, Dr. Ries’ practice was still losing three people a week.

By 1993, AIDS was the leading cause of death of men aged 25 to 44.

Many people began going public about their disease, which raised awareness to the general population.

Burnout was a serious problem for health care workers at that time.

“It was hard to work with all of the people dying, the politics of [HIV/AIDS] and advocacy,” remembers Ries. “In retrospect we were terribly traumatized. I’m still getting over my post-traumatic stress of all those dying years.”

On the positive side, however, Ries never felt more needed and was very impressed by the good-

ness of her patients and their families.

1996 brought more information on the inner workings of the virus and a new weapon: protease inhibitors added to the double-cocktails.

“It truly was a miracle,” she said.

“People came back literally from the dead. The death rate plummeted by 50 percent in one year.

Ries was thrilled and was hopeful that HIV and AIDS was going to basically go away. But then came along the “survivors problems.”

Patients who were no longer dying didn’t seem to excited about it, she remembers.

“They had survivor’s guilt,” she explained. “They had given up everything. They owed lots of money, because they’d used up all their credit cards. They had already planned their death.”

Medical professionals now had to deal with poverty, substance abuse and other mental health problems.

Many of those professionals left HIV/AIDS care. They just didn’t feel needed any longer and they were having difficulty facing all of the new problems that their patients are having. Being infectious disease professionals and not psychologists, they lacked the tools needed for this new wave of issues surrounding the disease.

Others left out of shear fatigue from the stress.

“I really feel that I truly have post-tramatic stress syndrome,” Ries said. “I have nightmares and everything. I see my patients in Auschwitz.

This trend has given Dr. Ries a new calling and has reinvigorated her.

“The new stigma of caring for the patients whose new problems are now substance abuse, poverty, mental illness, schizophrenia, bipolar illness. In our practice at least 80 percent have two or three of these.

“I call it challenging and complex, rather than something to

burn someone out. For those who like new things to solve, HIV and this intersection is certainly very important because it keeps you alive and well and something new to think about.

“The heartbreak for me is that HIV is a long-term, manageable disease. There’s no reason for most people to die from HIV. But because of this intersection with the stimulant use, we’re seeing many more challenges.

“Methamphetamine is the most impressive robber of a person’s being of anything I’ve ever seen.

What we se in the clinic today is that it is directly related to the spread of HIV. There’s no question about it. In our clinic we are seeing young 18-, 19-, 20-year-olds coming

in newly-infected with HIV and it’s mostly related to methamphetamine.”

After becoming HIV-positive and then on meth, Ries is finding that patients have poor adherence to their medication needs, leading to drug-resistant HIV and transmission of drug-resistant HIV. “Less than half of our deaths in the past year were HIV-related,” said Ries. “Most were due to substance abuse problems like heart attacks and strokes and overdose.”

“It’s very hard to see so many young people with permanent brain dysfunction,” Ries said. “A lot of people are very disabled and will never have the quality of life they had before, both due to the effects of HIV and methamphetamine

on the brain.”

Ries says her team also interfaces quite often with jails and law enforcement officials because of what their patients have to do to obtain their meth.

“It’s amazing how low people will go,” she said.

Ries is concerned about getting good providers for HIV-infected people. Because of the stigma of meth, HIV clinics are having a very difficult time attracting new recruits.

“We need to find much better therapies, particularly what to do about the meth,” Ries explains.

“We need more programs. We need more science to figure out new treatments because it is certainly a medical illness of the

brain. And most of all what we need is the political will and the understanding, so that we don’t just throw these people away, which is the tendency.”

“As I talk to my staff, I fear burnout. Not from the people dying, like we were putting our efforts into ten years ago. But burnout from the discouragement of trying to help the patients with not enough money and not enough substance abuse care” Now Ries has stopped seeing patients, but has not left the “battle.”

“My goal now is to help to figure out how to prevent burnout and educate still, now including the methamphetamine and other substance abuse problems. Q

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The Gay Agenda YOUR CALENDAR OF ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & IMPORTANT EVENTS

Be it far from my charac‑ ter to slam a celebrity’s life once there is no more life, but I’m thankful I won’t be inclined to scream profanities at the television screen as Mary Hart reveals yet another scandalous debacle in the mockery that is ... was Anna Nicole Smith’s life. Ok, maybe not that far.

16FRIDAY Q In 1974 on the streets of San Francisco, a juggling troupe known as The Flying Karamazov Brothers attempted to thrill pedestrians; but, in a city riddled with street performers, the Brothers’ act bore little more than pocket change.

Back in the day when motorists were not the least bit timid picking up hitchhikers (especially those juggling steak knives to attract rides), the Brothers were lucky enough to hail a couple of girls who were on their way to buy Coors beer. Lo ’n behold one of the girls was the niece of Ed Sullivan, and so the story goes. The Brothers use their best antics to unhinge the Utah Symphony in a hilarious, uncommon and unrehearsed spectacle.

8pm, through Saturday, Abravanel Hall, 123 S. West Temple. Tickets $20–50, 355‑ARTS or arttix.org.

Q The Pioneer Theatre Company presents a production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello. Ripped from the headlines of any Hollywood celebrity rag, the story is tangled in infidelity, revenge and deceit. PTC’s production stars Jonathan Earl Peck (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) as Othello and is directed by Gavin Cameron-Webb.

7:30pm, through Saturday, Mar. 3, Pioneer Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, UofU. Tickets $20–49, call 581-6961 or pioneertheatre.org.

17SATURDAY Q If you didn’t party hard enough and/ or shove your tongue down someone’s throat on New Year’s Eve ... or if the first month-and-a-half of your life in the new year royally sucked, deeming a second chance, then give the Chinese New Year Celebration a try. Celebrate the Year of the Boar — commonly associated with virility (Oooo...I’m all abuzz down south) — with dancers, displays, crafts and more. In the Chinese zodiac I’m not a Cock, but I am an Ox who likes Cock.

11am-3pm, City Library, 210 E. 400 South.

Free, 524-8200.

Q Join the Queer Utah Aquatic Club today at the annual Quacapades. If you’re not aware, tight little bods in speedos elegantly swishing across frozen water is a real crowd pleaser.

4:30-6pm, Gallivan Plaza, 239 S. Main Street. Free.

Q I implore all of you who are aspiring screenwriters to help the television industry reestablish the great television

comedy like Mash, All in the Family and Friends. If I tune into one more mediocre, unintelligent sitcom like ‘Til Death, The Class and Rules of Engagement, I’m going to rip out what little hair I have left. The SLCC Community Writing Center is offering a two-day workshop, Writing for the Screen & Stage. Learn how to develop characters, create dialogue and integrate your writing into a performance format.

2-4pm, including Saturday, Feb. 24, Com‑ munity Writing Center, City Library, 210 E. 400 South, Suite 8. Fee $20, call 957-4992.

18SUNDAY Q Rest assured that WinterPride can’t end without a little trailer trash entertainment. sWerve presents WinterPride Bowling Night. Don’t get me wrong, I love bowling. The night includes a raffle for a new ball & bag.

7pm, Bonwood Bowl, 2500 S. Main Street. Price $20, swerveutah.com.

Q Since 1972 — the year Michael got his driver’s license — rock ‘n’ roll band Styx has pocketed only one single to top the charts: “Babe” in 1979. And though they aren’t one of my favorite groups, nostalgia is heartwarming. Does anyone remember “Mr. Roboto” or “Too Much Time on My Hands”? Freakin’ geniuses ... way ahead of their time. Go back in time to when Michael wasn’t shrinking in size(s).

7:30pm, The Depot, 13 N. 400 West. Tickets $45, 467-1055 or smithstix.com.

22THURSDAY Q Pegged as a young Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey born rocker Pete Yorn spins pop-rock (predominately rock) into a surreal experience.

Forged in dark, but hopef lyrics, Yorn’s music unleashes bridled sensibilities through striking har-

Q Filmmaker Byron Hurt’s 2006 film Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes takes an in-depth look at manhood, sexism and homophobia in rap music and hiphop culture. The documentary explores masculinity, gender roles and violence in a personal and provocative way. The film features interviews with Mos Def, Chuck D, Busta Rhymes and Russell Simmons.

7pm, City Library Auditorium, 210 E. 400 South. Free, slcfilmcenter.org.

Q My friend Lara is a fabulous mother; in fact I wish she was my Mommy (sometimes she is). Now, she’s still in the post partum stage, so to be clear, I’m not suggesting anything negative about her abilities. See, if you get on Lara’s bad side or scratch her car, she’ll tear your cojones off. Just ask her husband — poor guy had a “black market” vasectomy. Anyhoo, The Successful Mothering Convention is a day-long event to educate and motivate mothers. Topics include pregnancy, disciplining, schooling and finances.

8am-5pm, Murray High School, 5440 S. State St. Fee $45, 888-283-6823 or successful‑ mothering.org.

Q If you didn’t get enough mardi party during the week, then check out the Tardy Mardi Party presented by the Utah “Arty” Festival. Starty with Bacardi and party hardy until you’re foolhardy. Give me a break, I’ve had some Wild Turkey ... huh?

7pm-Midnight, Salt Lake Hardware Build‑ ing, 105 N. 400 West. Tickets $40 adv/$50 door, 322-2428 or uaf.org.

25SUNDAY Q I am so excited Ellen Degeneres is hosting the 79th Academy Awards.

The woman is a stitch. I predict The Departed will win for Best Picture; Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) for Best Actor (really, I just want him to win because he’s hot!); Helen Mirren (The Queen) for Best Actress. Check out if I’m right by attending the Utah AIDS Foundation’s party of the year, Oscar Night America.

Enjoy food/drinks from Bambara and Gastronomy, music by the Joe Muscalino Quartet, a VIP after-party and of course the awards show.

5:30pm-Midnight, Rose Wagner Center, 123 W. Broadway. Tickets $100 or $1200–$1500 per table, call 487-2323.

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Q Dubbed a “Superstar DJ” and “One of the most popular DJs on the global circuit”, and as one of the strongest music producers in the genre, Christopher Lawrence graces Salt Lake tonight with his tough techno trance sets.

9pm, In The Venue, 219 S. 600 West.

Tickets $12 adv/$15 day of, 467-1055 or smithstix.com.

Q Oh yeah ... speaking of trailer trash, the Utah Cyber Sluts welcome all us trashy queens to their WinterPride Sunday Brunch buffet at their little trailer in Magna.

Please come dressed in burlap.

Just pulling your third leg. I adore the Sluts and we all know they’re livin’ high on the hog.

11am-2pm, Judge Cafe, 8 E. 300 South. Price $15.

Q Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are sisters succumbed to the heartaches of Civil War-era America and the triumphs of love. The classic book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott comes to life on stage through Hale Centre Theatre’s musical production. It will make you laugh, cry and appreciate the many intricacies of sisterhood.

7:30pm, through Sat., Apr. 7, Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 Decker Lake Drive. Tickets $15–23, 984-9000 or halecentretheatre.org.

8pm, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South.

Tickets $10, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

27TUESDAY monic textures and sophisticated chord shifts. Aqualung opens.

9pm, Suede, 1612 Ute Blvd., Park City.

Tickets $18 adv/$20 day of, 467-1055 or smithstix.com.

23FRIDAY Q Personally I have no interest in animation. I guess I find it childish even though I know it’s a sophisticated art form. With that said ... and like you care ... Mike Judge (creator, King of the Hill) and Don Hertzfeldt present their annual international film festival The Animation Show 3. This year’s lineup of animated short films include No Room for Gerold (2006), Overtime (2004) and City Paradise (2004).

Q Weber State University Department of Performing Arts proudly presents the WSU Jazz Ensemble; an evening featuring “Big Band Milestones”, a collection of jazz favorites arranged by Sammy Nestco and directed by David Feller.

7:30pm, Allred Theatre, 3750 Harrison Blvd., WSU, Ogden. Tickets $3.50–4.50, 800-WSU-TIKS.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Christina Aguilera, Mar. 3, Las Vegas Snow Patrol, Mar. 5, Saltair Eric Clapton, Mar. 8, Energy Solutions Arena Bernadette Peters, Mar. 24, Eccles Center, Park City Liza Minnelli, Mar. 29, Las Vegas Qwen Stefani, Apr. 21, Las Vegas

Patrick McGuinn’s ‘Sun Kissed’ a Thrill-less Thriller

BY TONY HOBDAY

Patrick McGuinn’s third feature film Sun Kissed strives to emulate the mysterious David Lynch film noir. In many ways it holds water to the standard of the sultry and erotic psychodrama; unfortunately the substandard plot twists are uninteresting and create no shock value, making it a thrill-less thriller.

Struggling to find an end to his semi-autobiographical first novel, a young writer Teddy (John Ort, Patrick McGuinn’s short-film Soda Pop, 2001) from Ohio retreats to his professor, Crispin’s (George Stoll) small rambler plunked in the vast Joshua treepimpled southern California desert.

But the professor’s sexy caretaker Leo (Gregory Marcel, The Good Shepard, 2006) further distracts the young man with alcohol, sex and obsession. After a couple of alcohol-induced flirtations, their first sexual encounter opens a Pandora’s box of strange and violent events unevenly played out in flashbacks, flash forwards and voice overs.

The film opens strong with an immediate sense of truthfulness to the characters. Teddy’s low self-esteem and loneliness are quickly established and Leo’s reaction to Teddy is real and compassionate. Throughout the movie, McGuinn intricately develops an honest and kindred relationship between the two men. From the awkward initial flirtation, to the conversation of Leo’s first homosexual encounter, to Teddy’s

incessent questioning, it’s remarkably easy to relate to Leo and Teddy’s chemistry, which makes this otherwise fractured film worth at least one sitting.

Gregory Marcel’s emotional portrayal of Leo, the introverted and mentally unstable caretaker, pulls at the heart strings. John Ort gives a fine performance (in his first feature length film) as the lonely, clingy writer Teddy.

Laura Leigh — in a small supporting role — unmemorably plays Leo’s wife Cheryl.

Nickolas Dylan Rossi’s cinematography adds a truly effective eroticism to the desolate and quiet deliberation of the film, reminiscent of such films as Palmetto. From the grainy bronzed lighting, to overcranking outdoor bathings and sex scenes, to the swift and deliberate movements of nature, Rossi resurrects the complexity of the film through visualization.

Structurally the film is faulty. Only after forty minutes into it and unfortunately wrought through the remaining fifty minutes, reality becomes delusion then possibly back to reality. The present becomes the past ... then the future ... then the present ... or vice versa — it’s unclear and unnerving. The twists are spaced too closely together, getting lost in each other. McGuinn finally pulls most of it together, but by that time, the audience may still be running around in circles, unable to connect the dots by the time the credits

roll. As previously mentioned, the film deserves one sitting for Marcel’s and Ort’s performances alone. But many may need to see it again to understand it, and that may be cruel of me to recommend.

On a final note, according to urbandictionary.com, sunkissed is defined as ‘having received oral stimulation

on ones anus’. Although it may have been implied, no such action took place during the film, so the title of the film will likely leave as many stumped as the show itself.

Sun Kissed will be available on DVD Mar. 13 and may be purchased for $24.95 at 800GET-WOLFE or wolfevideo.com. Unrated; 92 min.

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I have to admit it. When the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;ANNA NICOLE Deadâ&#x20AC;? flashed across my screen, my heart skipped a beat â&#x20AC;Ś not so much out of surprise that something like this had happened to the former Playboy Playmate, but more out of sheer and utter surprise that what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d speculated might happen for years actually did indeed happen.

The past few months of Anna Nicoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life have been equal part tragedy and train wreck. From the sudden death of her 20-year-old son DANIEL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who we later found had a combination of Methadone and anti-depressants in his system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; days after the birth of her newborn daughter DANIELYNN ROSE to the more recent paternity scandal over her little girl, Smith spent a time when most mothers would be mourning fighting in court.

Fighting for her share of the millions left behind when her 89-year-old oil tycoon husband died in the mid 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Fighting for parental rights to her daughter. Fighting off a man who claimed Danielynn was his kid. Just this past week, fending off a lawsuit from three women claiming Trimspa (the diet supplement for which she was a spokesperson) didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help them lose weight, but just made them sick.

Anna Nicole Smith has spent the better part of her life fighting for something, and love her, hate her or dismiss her as just another hack job celebrity, the irony that her life should end in tragedy, much like her idol MARILYN MONROE, is what has most of the world shocked today.

What strikes me as most interesting is the fact that days before her death, Anna Nicole left her daughter in the care of Bahamian Government Officials. According to the law in the Bahamas, in the event of a parentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, custody goes to the other parent. According to Danielynnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth certificate, Anna Nicoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer HOWARD K. STERN is listed as the father.

LARRY BIRKHEAD, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been demanding a paternity test since the babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth, has no legal rights at this time.

So her babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well cared for, and Anna Nicole suddenly takes off to the Hard Rock in Florida with her private nurse and is dead three days later.

I guess an autopsy will be the ultimate answer to the questions floating around in my head, but given the unanswered questions and obvious tragedy this womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endured, my thoughts turn to suicide â&#x20AC;Ś and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sad, sad day.

This is obviously tragedy revisited, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be coming back to this story in the weeks to come. But for now, our thoughts go out to Annaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family and friends.

In something far more bizarre, can you believe TED HAGGARD is actually preaching from on high that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been cured of

his homosexuality? Well, OK, I can believe it. I can believe just about anything from this man at this point. But seriously â&#x20AC;Ś I know the world appears to be a clearly lit place when the meth finally wears off, but really. Kicking it with a male hooker while doing crack, and now youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re suddenly â&#x20AC;&#x153;clean of all demons?â&#x20AC;? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad enough Haggard is dragging his counselor out in public saying three weeks of intensive therapy is all it took, but the counselor is now saying that Haggardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities were not a constant thing.

Cue the prostitute who exposed Haggard after he found out the guy heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d done meth with and slept with was actually a Bible-thumping homophobe: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the quickest therapy Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever heard of.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard for me to imagine someone who is performing oral sex and saying that he is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;straight.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; That just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jive.â&#x20AC;?

Touche!

I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not often we praise a prostitute, but kudos to this guy for having the guts to come forward. By exposing Haggard, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also exposing that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living an illegal lifestyle and consuming illegal drugs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all because, as he says, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hypocrisy was so strong and evident that I just could not sit by any longer.â&#x20AC;?

You got that, Ted? Hypocrisy! Look it up if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what it means.

And finally, in the most bizarre story Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard all year â&#x20AC;Ś an astronaut who was having an affair with her shuttle pilot drove damn near 900 miles to have it out with an Air Force Captain who was also screwing the guy. When she arrived in Orlando (starting point, Houston), she assaulted the woman with pepper spray, and then she got arrested. Had she gotten any further, rubber tubing, garbage bags, a buck knife and pistol were in her trunk.

And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not even the strange part.

She did it all while wearing an adult diaper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dependant on Depends, but because she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to have to make any stops.

I get that astronauts are trained to put the mission first, but this is ridiculous.

This is the woman we need building our space stations. That shit would get done quick, pardon the pun. A woman whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing to crap her pants just so she can get to the bitch sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aiming to kill 15 minutes early? Nuts as sin!

Of course, keep in mind all astronauts actually wear diapers during liftoff, reentry and spacewalks, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as if sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing something sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never done before.

Still, miles upon miles above the earth and speeding through the swampy South are not the same thing. You crap in space, you can toss it over the edge. Crap in your car, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be a long time before that smell comes out.

This week, it just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem fitting to appoint a hottie. I know, I know, whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the skin? Well, this week, things just seem a tad too serious for all that, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you think?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back to normal next week, I promise. Until then, take care of yourselves! Q

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Food & Wine Bambara Feeds Our Inner Celebrity

By J. Paul Miles

miles@qsaltlake.com

In a city where it’s hard to track down fabulousness, how does one truly feel like a celebrity in their own mind? Should we buy fancy BMWs and roll to our favorite warehouse bar, where we can sip on oneounce martinis and try not to run into the spun-out twink whose half burnt-out cigarette is dangerously close to our favorite Gucci shirt? Or should we cruise up to Park City once a year and join the other sheep in sharing stories of how we were in the same room as Britkev, Bradgalina and any other celebrity hybrid I left out? Well, I will tell you a surefire way to get treated like a superstar: It starts with a phone call to Bambara.

It was my birthday, and I wasn’t happy about it. But when my mother asked where I wanted to go to celebrate, Bambara came to mind right away. Chef Robert Barker is a pseudo-celebrity in the Utah culinary ranks, and I was excited to see what was on the menu. We rolled into the Hotel Monaco, and the prompt valets were opening our doors and welcoming us before I could reach for the handle.

To get to the restaurant, we had to walk through Hotel Monaco’s lobby. On that day, it was bustling with a mixture of ski vacationers and business travelers sending a spark of life through the room that is hard to find in Salt Lake.

As we entered Bambara, the beauty

and elegance of the restaurant immediately struck me. Ashley, the host, and Art Cazares, the General Manager, met us with warm smiles and a “Good Evening”. As we were walked to our table, busy staff members stopped and said hello. When we were seated, I noticed that my menu had “Happy Birthday (My Name)” on the top. Now, I was impressed!

Apparently, the host noted that it was my birthday from the reservation and created a custom heading. The best part is that they do this for all their birthday and anniversary reservations. Jake, our server, walked up to our table with a confidence that was refreshing. He was witty and friendly, yet professional at the same time. I half expected a bit of snobbery but it just wasn’t there. He presented the evening special and gave us a brief tour of the menu, then went to get our drinks.

Just so I don’t run out of room before I talk about the food, I have to say I wish my column was longer because I could go on for pages about how “spot on” the service at Bambara is. Thank you, Jake.

You made my birthday dinner an amazing experience.

We started with the Crab Stuffed Piquillo Peppers ($13.50), a fascinating combination of a sweet Spanish pepper and a delicate Dungeness crab mixture sitting atop a house-made jalapeño corn tartar sauce. As I predicted, Ole Mom next had the spinach salad with golden beets, Cambazola cheese and a honey pomegranate vinaigrette ($7.50). I had one of the best salads I have ever had, the Wagu Beef Carpaccio ($12.00), which had a generous serving of the delicate

Dining Guide Nick-N-Willy’s World Famous Pizza 4536 S. Highland Drive (801)273-8282 M–F 10:30am-9pm, SA 11am-9pm SU 12pm-9pm

What a refreshing surprise it was to try Nick-N-Willy’s World Famous Pizza in Holladay. The location in the Albertson’s Plaza is the first in Utah, with several more rumored to open up along the Wasatch Front. The company’s premise is a range of higher-end toppings atop small-batch-produced crust. The franchise started out of Boulder, Colorado, so this isn’t going to be a New York or Chicago style of pie. It seems every place has its signature style. As far as I’m concerned, Salt Lake has yet to lay out its pizza manifesto (and I won’t even consider Jell-O anywhere in this equation). Consider it a carte blanche to enjoy any damn style you prefer, or better yet, crave.

Cafe Med 216 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City (801) 322-4101 M–TH 11am–3pm; 5pm–9:30pm F–SA 11am–3pm; 5pm–10pm

On any given night, the eclectic environment of Cafe Med houses and feeds a range of folks. One evening included double-dating gay couples toasting with Armenian Kilikia beer, two interracial couples, a small group of ladies distressing over the state of local theater, and a family with full-grown children sharing glasses of wine—all serviced by a small and efficient wait staff.

Meal portions are huge — perfect for sharing around the table. The real adventure in dining out at Café Med is the Persian dishes, all of which come with aromatic basmati rice. Koofteh—plum stuffed meatballs stewed in a light tomato sauce—showcases the playful balance of sweet and savory flavors of Persian cooking.

The Persian eggplant stewed in tomatoes and served atop the restaurant’s signature dill

basmati rice is an unforgettable creation.

Urban Bistro 216 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City (801) 322-4101 M–TH 11am-3pm; 5pm-9:30pm F–SA 11am-3pm; 5pm-10pm

There are those in the dining world whose approach to food is so austere that anything but the food and the immediate necessities (i.e. über-chic flatware, one of a kind Riedel stemware) are superfluous additions. Charlie Trotter and devotees wax poetic about dining in pared down décor. Devoid of distractions such as background music, artwork, etc., the food can truly be the center of attention.

If you can’t live in a loft, you can at least enjoy a meal in one.

Works from local artists accessorize cement walls, exposed brick, and high ceilings. Enough color and visual interest to strike up a conversation or give you an excuse to drift off on a thought when conversation gets too boring for actual participation.

Caffé Molise 55 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City (801) 364-8833

Carpaccio topped with baby spinach and a truffle herb shallot vinaigrette. Now, since I’m single right now, I nedded a big hunk of meat. So for my main course I had a delicious seared New York strip steak (medium rare, of course) with delicious fingerling potatoes, sinful fried Brussels sprouts and a delectable brandy peppercorn sauce ($32.00). Mom tried the Pork tenderloin grilled to perfection with a sweet red pepper jelly and resting on top of spinach Spaetzle and Creole corn Maque Choux ($25.00). While digesting one of the best meals I had ever eaten, I sipped the coffee blend that local roaster Millcreek Coffee had created for Bambara, and thought to myself nothing could spoil this meal. Just then, our server walked up to the table with something in his hand that had a lit birthday candle.

Instantly, a combination of panic, embarrassment and anger came over me.

“Please don’t sing, please don’t make a

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There’s always one foolproof test when it comes to rating Italian restaurants with my friends: gnocchi. In the world according to Mr. R., Mr. Y, and especially our good friend Mr. M (now residing, ironically, in the carb-phobic capital of L.A.), a good Italian restaurant has to offer at least one version of gnocchi. How? They don’t care. Swathe it in nothing but a velvety and arteryclogging mixture of Gorgonzola and butter. Let it macerate in enough pesto to keep your breath volatile for two days. Or, in true gluttonous fashion, transform the entire dish with a tangy tomato sauce and enough cream to make it electric pink. Just give ’em the gnocchi. So, needless to say, Mr. R. was especially thrilled to see the gnocchi di patate on Caffé Molise’s dinner menu.

Avenues Bakery & Bistro 481 E. South Temple, Salt Lake (801) 746-5626 Daily 7am-10pm

The vibe at Avenues Bakery & Bistro is unique in Salt Lake.

scene,” I plead to myself. Not to be anticlimactic, but Jake simply placed a small dish of vanilla bean crème brûlée in front of me and wished me a happy birthday.

By the end of the night, I was intoxicated by the experience and the bottle of wine that I had. But I will always remember the experience; the wine was gone in about an hour.

Bambara Restaurant ★★★★★ out of 5 202 S. Main Street 801-363-5454 www.bambara-slc.com Price: $$$-$$$$ out of 4 Hours: Breakfast Mon-Sun/Lunch M-F/Dinner M-sun Catering, take out, or dine in Delivery: none Reservations accepted: recommended/opentable.com Kids Menu: upon request Booze: full bar Parking: valet Gay Friendly: absolutely

Situated on the fringes of downtown and its namesake neighborhood, it’s a great respite for residents of the area. Its appeal is urbane, with distressed floors and exposed ceilings and brick. But even with all its sophisticated trappings, it manages to be quite comfortable.

The lofty space with abundant windows gives it an elemental charm that’s inviting to moms with strollers and the suited working-class.

Mazza 1515 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City (801) 484-9259 M–SA 11 am to 9 pm

I try not to review restaurants where I know the folks. Never mind the ethics behind it; simply, it’s bloody uncomfortable trying to review a place that you frequent and adore. There are plenty of selfish reasons for this as well. When you’re on a firstname basis with a favorite place, it’s your space. It has nothing to do with the professional realm.

In fact, it’s a refuge from it.

There, you meet up with friends and get a good meal. So, why on earth would I want to transform this relationship and throw it

into the cauldron of work-related stress? In this instance, the answer is simple. Mazza is a great place to eat. Period.

Bambara 202 S. Main St. (801) 363-5454 Breakfast M–F 7-10am; SA-SU 8-11am Lunch: Daily 11am-2pm Dinner: SU-TH 5:30-10pm, F-SA 5:30-11pm

Seasonal menus reflect regional American and international influences at this artfully designed destination restaurant. The setting, formerly an ornate bank lobby adjacent to the swank Hotel Monaco, is as much of a draw as the food. An open marble-fronted kitchen, big windows framed in fanciful hammered metal swirls, and a definite “buzz” make Bambara a popular gathering spot. You can also dine in the adjoining private club, or simply enjoy a cocktail while snuggled in a velvet-lined booth.

Those going to Capitol Theatre across the street can enjoy a pre- or post-event menu.

Orbit Cafe 540 W. 200 South (801) 322-3808 M-TH 11am-10pm; F 11am-3am; Sat-Sun, 9 am-3 pm

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Restaurant Owners Advertise to a demographic that: • Eats out more often good reason.

With plenty of good reasons to visit Orbit Cafe, there’s still one more: the prices. Most entrees are under $10, and include a cup of soup or a nice house salad, especially good with the caramelized onion vinaigrette.

Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn 7331 S 900 E, Midvale, (801) 566-5731 Open 24 hours

The Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn is a favorite for skiers heading up to the slopes to gorge themselves with the carbs they’ll need for the day. The restaurant is big and casual, usually filled with big families, seniors and kids from across-the-street Hillcrest High. On the weekend mornings, expect to wait a few

minutes for a table.

The namesake Belgian waffles come loaded with whipped cream, ice cream or fruit. Go for the garbage hash (cheese-covered potatoes with ham, bacon, onions, peppers and mushrooms) or one of the gargantuan omelettes (they come out looking like a pancake, served flat and smothered with cheese). Lunch and dinner choices range from burgers and sandwiches to giant platters of roast turkey, pot roast and chicken fried steak.

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With so much to enjoy visually at the Orbit, and friendly servers who make everyone feel welcome, it might seem as though the food is secondary. Not so. It’s not cutting-edge trendy, by any means; most of the items would fall in the “classics” category, with garlic burgers, fish and chips, club sandwiches and a Philly cheese steak among them.

But sometimes nothing tastes better than an old favorite, and that, too, could be said of Orbit’s offerings. The peppercorn steak is a good example, with the super-peppery top sirloin served with a delicious green peppercorn sauce and garlicky smashed potatoes. We also enjoyed the asiago-crusted halibut, which was moist and flaky with a creamy pine nut sauce. It’s dubbed the house specialty for

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BY ROSS VON METZKE BUZZ@QSALTLAKE.COM

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the first to admitâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I tend to be a bit devoted in my TV viewing. If I find a show I like, I cling to it for dear life, and once my TV viewing plate if full, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to get me to venture outside my set schedule and try something new.

This week, I did just that on the recommendation of a friend, and while I doubt E!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Starveillance is going to become a regular part of my viewing schedule, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely something you must check out. STAR JONES and BARBARA WALTERS in counseling days before Starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infamous on-air announcement? Starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fed up with Barbaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech impediment while Barbara insists Star fess up about how she really lost weight. SIMON COWELL breaks up couple of Claymates hearts when he questions Gaykenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexuality.

Fabio getting pegged by that blessed pigeon, behind the scenes of LIZA MINNELLIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding to DAVID GEST. Is it any wonder a homo dreamed this up?

The most inspired moment? A recap of NAOMI CAMPBELL and TYRA BANKS on the set of Tyraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay drama.

Ugly Betty returned with one hell of a bang two weeks ago when REBECCA ROMIJN crashed fashion week to announce she is actually editor in chief Daniel Meadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long lost brother, Alex. Yup, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right, brother. Rebeccaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing post-op.

Speaking of that episode, how much did I love little Justin (MARK INDELICATO) guiding a temporarily blinded Wilhelmina (VANESSA WILLIAMS) around fashion

week? Priceless.

This week, everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up in Alex(isâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) grill. How big are the boobs? Is the chin hers? Does she keep it in a jar? Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, no and hell no. But she does wear a patch to keep the hair from growing back â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Betty wants to know where she can get one because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sick of bleaching hers. Fierce!

Daniel (ERIC MABIUS) doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to know anything about his sister, but Betty (AMERICA FERRERA) insists he brush up on his transgender facts and stats, buying up books, educational videos and Tootsieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not because it applies, just â&#x20AC;&#x2122;cause itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good flick. Nice touch. Of course, drunk mama Meade (JUDITH LIGHT) doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give two shits whether Alex is a boy or a girl. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just glad to have her kid back â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a bombshell with a supermodelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body to buy gowns for.

Once again, Ugly Betty has managed to take every stereotype in the book and still not make it offensive.

I am finding myself increasingly drawn to Top Design. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no Project Runway (but then, few things are), but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completely captivated my attention 1. Because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been partial to interiors over clothing 2. Because, if possible, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even gayer that HEIDI KLUM and Co. and 3. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bitchy little queen designer named MICHAEL ADAMS and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hanging in there for the day he goes down.

With TODD OLDHAM serving as their TIM GUNN, the designers set off to do a kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room this week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; right after last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manic anger ball John announced heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s HIV+ and the reason he melted down before was the jumbo sized shot of testosterone he received before taping. Everyone was really understanding and compassionate, except Michael, who turned his

smirk into a hairlip and pouted.

OK, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gonna go off on Michael. Who in Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name would put a lace â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Sweet Homeâ&#x20AC;? pillow in a 10-year-old girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care if sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studying to be an Amish housewife, that is so not 10year-old dĂŠcor. Michael claimed it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t granny, it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;quaint.â&#x20AC;? Um, yeah â&#x20AC;Ś quaint equals granny, queen.

He had the second worst room. Worst went to John who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother with a floor. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone, sadly. One more week to stick pins in my Michael doll.

Devoted fans of the Maggie/Bianca lovefest on TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All My Children suffered a final blow when Binks (EDEN RIEGEL) told Mag (ELIZABETH HENDRICKSON) to take a hikeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get over being cheated on. While a bunch of us are bummed Bianca didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find happily ever after, a few good things came out of this.

To get over Maggieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s betrayal, Bianca hopped into bed with Leslie on New Years for a one night stand. Finally, Biancaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s allowed to step out for a good time like every other soap diva. With Maggie out of the picture, this gives Bianca more time to discover her true feelings for Zoe (JEFFREY CARLSON). And while gay soap fans might argue hooking Bianca up with a lesbian transgender character is just a cop out of not letting her make it with girl, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d argue Biancaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made out with not one, not two but three people since her returnâ&#x20AC;Ś thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two more than she did in the three years she was on the show before.

Plus, with cheating Maggie back in town, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re treated to Erica Kane (SUSAN LUCCI) and her meddling ways. After calling Maggie a slut, she explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like Babe, just imported.â&#x20AC;? Ah, moms.

The dirt over on Dirt is that apparently,

Top Design contestant Michael Adams

heroin makes you a lesbian.

Well, OK, not precisely. CARLY POPE would make any straight woman question her sexuality, but sticking some juice in a needle and that needle in your arm is sure to make the decision easier.

At least thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what LAURA ALLEN as injured-thus-drug-addicted starlet Julia Mallory is finding out on Dirt. Two weeks ago she showed up at Garboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (POPE) front door for a fix. Last week, Garbo gave her a fix and slipped her the tongue. This week, Juliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action star boyfriend comes home to find Garbo and Julia with their tops down in bed togetherâ&#x20AC;Ś but they were just resting, of course. Garbo means nothing, and Julia proved it by tossing her out on her ass.

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Real Estate Buying the Ugliest House on the Street: A Beautiful Investment Strategy

BY JEFFERY HAMMERBERG

Whether you acquire a house for investment purposes, as a primary home, or as a second or vacation home, understanding the philosophy behind buying the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ugliest house on the streetâ&#x20AC;? can help you to make wiser decisions and get more value for your money.

They say that we are defined by the company we keep. Applied to real estate investment, this sometimes means that houses that are ugly ducklings benefit by their proximity to those homes that are upscale swans. This happens because home buyers shop and compare whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the market in a particular neighborhood and then make offers based on what they find. Also, professional appraisers calculate value based on side-by-side comparisons of such characteristics as amenities, square footage, and location. Homes near one another are used to create a comparable baseline for pricing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and if a modest home is surrounded by fancy houses, for example, its value will be pulled upward thanks to a prestigious location.

Among investors it is often said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never buy the best house on the block.â&#x20AC;?

The logic behind this rule is that the nicest properties frequently have the least room for upward appreciation. Houses can also lose value if they are surrounded by less desirable properties, which is why investors prefer to buy mediocre

homes in exceptional neighborhoods, as opposed to buying exceptional properties in mediocre neighborhoods.

Buying homely homes is a proven path to wealth for those who know how to see beyond the blemishes and cosmetic flaws and recognize upside potential. Here are some tips for finding â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and making money on â&#x20AC;&#x201C; these unrecognized diamonds in the rough that inexperienced buyers usually overlook.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. Many seasoned investors prefer to buy solid, structurally sound houses that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily show well or have much â&#x20AC;&#x153;curb appealâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in other words, they seek out the less attractive properties because those can be converted into more attractive returns, dollar for dollar.

Many houses that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look good on the surface only need a simple makeover in order to make them sparkle. Shabby carpet may disguise pristine hardwood floors and an unused basement might easily convert into extra living space.

Sometimes an otherwise spectacular property looks terrible from the curb because it has peeling paint and an overgrown, tangled landscape, so nobody pays attention to it. But a coat of paint and a landscape crew can turn that kind of property around in no time at all, adding substantial value to it through a relatively small investment of capital.

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by Luke Garrett

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He makes his living bedding some of the most beautiful, beefy men in the business, but who knew that hunk of muscle, COLT Man Luke Garrett, was really just a big ole’ softie at heart? Proving himself an able counselor for some of our sexually perplexed readers, the Waterbucks 2 star tackles the issue of unsafe sex in a relationship and dealing with a jealous lover.

Hey Luke, My boyfriend and I have always practiced safe sex, but now, he wants to try it without a condom. I’m scared because as much as I love him, there’s that 1% of me that isn’t sure he’s monogamous. What should I do?

Ryan Hey Ryan, That’s a complicated question with a deceptively simple answer: Trust your instincts and wrap it up … and kudos to you for being safe up to this point.

At COLT, we honor safe sex practices and every COLT Man I know is a safe sex advocate. You’ll always see us in full erotic vigor — with condoms. And as you must know from experience and as I can tell you personally, the sexual pleasure is 100% genuine.

That 1% doubt is an opportunity to dig a little deeper into your relationship. Take the intimacy you already enjoy beyond your current boundaries by exploring what’s causing even that small amount of doubt. I think you’d discover an intensity of intimacy far more erotic, far greater in its power to bring you together, than sex without a condom ever could be.

On a totally different but equally important track, let’s play the “what if” game. What if you’re both monogamous now but, at some point down the road, one or both of you strays?

Dealing with that alone is enough stress on any relationship without throwing in the anxiety of “what if I caught something?” What percentage of you is willing to risk becoming positive?

Don’t get me wrong — I’ve been in intensely sexual relationships with positive men and our sex lives didn’t suffer at all. But they’d rather cut off a nut than see me convert. Love yourself and each other. Put your trust in knowing when the time is right to pursue that path. If you’re not there yet, no biggie. There’s joy in getting there, without placing all that potential baggage on each of your shoulders.

Luke Garrett Dear Luke, I’m dating a great guy and I really think we have a future together. My problem is I already see signs of jealousy rearing their ugly head. When we go out together and someone checks me out, it bothers him. He’s always asking who I’m on the phone with. Is there a way to get him to calm down?

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Hey Dustin, Probably not. While jealousy is painful and, in my opinion, destructive to a relationship, it’s generally a symptom of something else going on—something that probably has nothing to do with you. There are guys who could bed the Australian rugby team in front of their boyfriends without ever hitting a jealous nerve.

I’m in a very loving, emotionally fulfilling relationship with a great guy — COLT Man Gage Weston. Hubba hubba.

He’s a gay man’s dream ... wrestler, Marine, amazing body and the sexual vigor of a prize bull. He also tends toward a mean jealous streak that’ll strike ya like lightening, right in the nuts. Nothin’ pretty about it. But I have to give him credit. He looks at jealousy in a totally different way. To him, jealousy means you care. It actually bothers him that I’m not jealous.

So what do we do? We love each other. We talk it out.

We embrace each others’ different opinions... and I shove Deepak Chopra books in front of him every chance I get! In all honesty, that really did tone the big guy down. Chopra has a very liberating, empowering, loving way of looking at life. My personal favorite of his books is The Path of Love. Check it out and let me know what you think: Luke@LukeGarrett.net.

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To Your Health Syphilis on Rise

by Lynn Beltran, Salt Lake Valley Health Dept. lynn@qsaltlake.com

Discussing issues regarding your sexual health is never an easy issue, and it can be even more challenging when you are gay, lesbian or transgender.

You never know how the person sitting on the other side of the desk or examining table is going to react.

Quite frankly, when you are there with the family jewels exposed, all it takes is a judgemental look or a raised eyebrow to make death or dismemberment the only way you will return. Because of this, the gay community tends to rely on each other to spread the word on who is tolerant and who is not.

Although The Salt Lake Valley Health Dept has been offering HIV testing for decades, and considers itself a leader in the medical community when it comes to treatment and care of patients with sexually transmitted diseases, we know that we have not always been regarded as sensitive toward the needs of the gay community. We would like to tell you this is no longer the case. Our staff is committed to understanding the real world of living in the gay community of Salt Lake Valley and providing the most sensitive service possible. Our philosophy is about helping people to maintain a long and fulfilling sex life that is disease-free.

Right now, we are seeing a very dramatic increase in the number of HIV infected men who have sex with men who are also infected with syphilis. You may have heard about the recent outbreaks of Syphilis in Seattle and San Francisco and Las Vegas, but is now here in our very own bedrooms, too.

Syphilis is often regarded as a more serious STD because when left untreated, it may lead to neurological damage, heart damage, or in some cases, death.

When you are already infected with HIV, the progression from early infection to neurological disease can happen within weeks or months, or before an accurate diagnosis can occur.

Here’s what you need to know: • Syphilis is a bacterial infection that can be treated with antibiotics.

• It is comprised of three general stages: primary, secondary and latent.

• Primary and secondary stages are regarded as the early stages.

• Latent stages include the neurological stage.

So, what is the primary stage of syphilis and what should you look for?

• The chancre, a painless lesion occurring at the point of infection.

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If you are HIV Positive and may have been exposed to syphilis, request a syphilis test immediately! For people with HIV who contract syphilis, the time line for the disease’s progression can be skewed and the earliest and most obvious symptom could be blindness, dementia or even death. HIV and Syphilis don’t play well together, or it could be said they play too well, so keep yourself protected. A lumbar puncture may be necessary to accurately determine appropriate treatment for people who are co-infected HIV and syphilis.

The good news? Syphilis is relatively easy to treat.

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Sexual Health is an integral part of everyone’s overall well being. The best way to ensure a long and healthy sex life is through the absence of disease. The best way to protect yourself and your sex life is through monogamy or condoms. Let’s face it, monogamy is not reality for most of us. Condoms continue to be an effective method for preventing the transmission of both bacterial and viral infections.

Knowing your partners sexually history is important, but may not always be reliable, as many people incorrectly believe that they are free from disease simply because they know their partners and they think “they’re clean” or because they do not have any symptoms. Unfortunately, over half of those infected with STDs have no symptoms.

SLVHD offers free and low-cost testing and counseling for all STDs including syphilis and HIV at their downtown clinic at 610 S. 200 East. Call 534-4666.

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